Alexander Walker Ogilvie
The Honourable Alexander Walker Ogilvie | |
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Senator for Alma, Quebec | |
In office 1881–1901 | |
Appointed by | John A. Macdonald |
Preceded by | Edward Goff Penny |
Succeeded by | Robert Mackay |
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal-Ouest | |
In office 1867–1871 | |
Succeeded by | Francis Cassidy |
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal-Centre | |
In office 1875–1878 | |
Preceded by | Charles Alexander |
Succeeded by | Horatio Admiral Nelson |
Personal details | |
Born |
May 7, 1829 Côte-Saint-Michel, Lower Canada |
Died |
March 31, 1902 72) Montreal, Quebec | (aged
Political party | Conservative |
Occupation | Businessman, miller |
Alexander Walker Ogilvie (May 7, 1829 – March 31, 1902) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Côte-Saint-Michel, Lower Canada (now Quebec) which is on the island of Montreal, the son of Alexander Ogilvie and Helen Watson, he owned a mill named A.W. Ogilvie & Company.
In 1867, he was acclaimed to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Montréal-Ouest. He did not run in 1871. He was elected again in 1875, this time in the riding of Montréal-Centre. He did not run in 1878.
In 1881, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Alma, Quebec. A Conservative, he resigned in 1901.
Alexander Walker Ogilvie died in 1902 and was buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal.
References
- Alexander Walker Ogilvie – Parliament of Canada biography
- "Alexander Walker Ogilvie". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
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