Alfred Lefurgey Explained

Alfred Alexander Lefurgey
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Constituency Mp:East Prince
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:John Howatt Bell
Successor:District was abolished in 1903
Term Start:1900
Term End:1904
Constituency Mp2:Prince
Parliament2:Canadian
Predecessor2:District was created in 1903
Successor2:James William Richards
Term Start2:1904
Term End2:1908
Office3:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for 5th Prince
Term Start3:1897
Term End3:1900
Birth Date:22 April 1871
Birth Place:Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Party:Conservative
Relations:John Lefurgey, father
Alma Mater:Prince of Wales College; Dalhousie University Medical School

Alfred Alexander Lefurgey (April 22, 1871  - November 11, 1934) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

Born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, the son of John Lefurgey, Lefurgey was educated at St. Dunstan's College, Mount Allison University (B.A. in 1891) and Harvard Law School (LL.B in 1894). He returned to Summerside where he entered his father's ship building and shipping business with his brother, John Ephraim.

Lefurgey was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for 5th Prince in 1897. Lefurgey resigned his seat in 1898 to run unsuccessfully for a federal seat in 1898. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for East Prince in the general elections of 1900 and re-elected in 1904 for Prince. A Conservative, he was defeated in 1908 and again in 1917. In the House of Commons, he served as Conservative whip for the Maritime provinces.

Lefurgey was a prominent member in the Masonic order.

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