Alexander Walker Ogilvie
Politician
1829 – 1902
Who was Alexander Walker Ogilvie?
Alexander Walker Ogilvie was a Canadian politician.
Born in Côte-Saint-Michel, Lower Canada 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.
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- Born
- May 7, 1829
Lower Canada - Ethnicity
- Scottish Canadian
- Nationality
- Canada
- Died
- Mar 31, 1902
Montreal
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on July 23, 2013
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