Alexander Macdonald (Manitoba politician) explained

Honorific-Prefix:Mayor
Alexander Macdonald
Order:12th Mayor of Winnipeg
Term Start:1892
Term End:1892
Birth Date:1844 11, df=y
Birth Place:Pitlochry, Scotland
Death Place:Winnipeg, Manitoba
Spouse:Annie Sullivan
Profession:Grocer

Alexander Macdonald (1 November 1844  - 28 August 1928) was a Canadian politician, the 12th Mayor of Winnipeg in 1892.[1] [2]

Macdonald was born in Pitlochry, Scotland and moved to Canada in 1868, eventually settling in Winnipeg in 1871. He contributed to the establishment of the Manitoba Free Press newspaper in 1872, among his numerous commercial activities. He headed the Winnipeg-based A. Macdonald & Co. whose market extended throughout western Canada, between Fort William and Vancouver. He also became president of the Great-West Life Insurance Company in 1894.[3]

He served as Winnipeg's mayor for one year, 1892. In 1910, the Winnipeg Telegram reported that he was one of that city's 19 millionaires.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alexander Macdonald (1844-1928) . Manitoba Historical Society . 26 August 2008 . 18 January 2009 .
  2. Web site: City Government: Mayors, Past and Present . City of Winnipeg . 12 January 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081225130928/http://winnipeg.ca/Services/CityLife/HistoryOfWinnipeg/MayorsPastPresent.stm . 25 December 2008 . dead.
  3. Book: McDonell, James K. . Lords of the North . 115 . General Store Publishing House . 1997 . 1-896182-71-2 .