Alexander Livingstone | |
Alderman on the Edmonton City Council | |
Term Start: | June 7, 1912 |
Term End: | December 8, 1913 |
Birth Date: | August 2, 1884 |
Birth Place: | Bathgate, Scotland |
Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Profession: | Draper, merchant |
Alexander Livingstone (August 2, 1884[1] - October 26, 1944) was a Canadian politician and municipal councillor in Edmonton, Alberta.
Livingstone was born in Bathgate, Scotland in 1884, and emigrated to Canada in 1904. There he established himself as a draper. He started operating out of his home, but eventually built a four-storey department store - the Caledonian Department Stores - that was one of the foremost in Edmonton.
In May 1912, Herman McInnes and Charles Gowan resigned from the Edmonton City Council. In the ensuing by-election, Livingstone topped a field of six candidates and was elected to fulfill Gowan's term, which lasted until the 1913 election. Livingstone did not seek re-election at the term's conclusion.
In the 1922 election, Livingstone was one of five candidates to challenge incumbent mayor David Duggan's bid for re-election. He finished third, behind Duggan and former and future mayor Joseph Clarke. He did not re-enter politics thereafter.