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Armstrong, George S. b. 1867 d. June 9, 1947
Edmonton Mayor. He served as the Mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, from 1911 to 1912. He also served as an Edmonton city Alderman from 1908 to 1910.
Edmonton Municipal Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Blatchford, Kenneth Alexander 'Kenny' b. March 5, 1882 d. April 20, 1933
Mayor of Edmonton. He was born in Minnesoda, Manitoba, Canada; son of Peter and Margaret (nee Murchison) Blatchford, both of Scottish-Canadian heritage. His family moved to Alberta by ox-cart, arriving in Edmonton in the 1890s. During his professional career he sold newspapers and periodicals, operated a grist mill during the Klondike rush, worked at the Edmonton Power plant and worked as an insurance broker. He served as an alderman for the city of Edmonton from 1922 to 1923 and then as mayor...[Read More] (Bio by: DXA)
Edmonton Municipal Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Bury, Ambrose Upton Gledstones b. August 1, 1869 d. April 3, 1951
Edmonton Mayor. A noted Edmonton lawyer, he served as the Mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, from 1927 to 1929. He also served as a Member of the House of Commons in 1925, and 1930 to 1935, Edmonton City Alderman from 1922 to 1925, and a District Court Judge in 1935. He retired from politics in 1944. (Bio by: K)
Edmonton Municipal Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Edmiston, William S. d. July 24, 1903
Edmonton Mayor. He served as the Mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, from 1898 to 1899. He also served as an Edmonton city Alderman from 1895 to 1896. After he moved to Edmonton from Glasgow, Scotland, he helped to design and build the city's first brick school.
Edmonton Municipal Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Knott, Daniel Kennedy b. 1889 d. November 26, 1959
Edmonton Mayor. A noted labour leader, printer, and newpaperman for the Buffalo Express, Edmonton Bulletin, and the Edmonton Journal, and a noted athlete, he served as the Mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, from 1931 to 1934. Also served as an Edmonton city Alderman from 1923 to 1926, 1930 to 1931, and 1937 to 1941. He led the bowling team that won the 1911 American Bowling Congress in Spokane, Washington. (Bio by: K)
Edmonton Municipal Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Leedy, John Whitnah b. March 8, 1849 d. March 24, 1935
Kansas Governor. He received little education due to the early death of his father. He performed menial labor on a farm and in a store. At fourteen he ignored his mother's protest and military rejection and joined a Civil War troop that he served until the end of the war. In 1872 he switched from the Republican party to the Democratic party and switched again when the Populist, or People's, party was formed in 1890. He threw his hat into the political arena in 1892 and was elected to the Kansas...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Edmonton Municipal Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
MacKenzie, Kenneth W. b. February 3, 1862 d. October 9, 1929
Edmonton Mayor. He served as the Mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, from 1900 to 1901, and in 1905. He also served as an Edmonton city Alderman in 1899. After leaving politics he worked as a math teacher, school principal, and as an agent for Dominion Lands from 1905 to 1913.
Edmonton Municipal Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Parsons, Sidney b. 1893 d. April 22, 1955
Edmonton Mayor. He served as the Mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, from 1949 to 1951. He also served as an Edmonton city Alderman from 1938 to 1949, and President of the Edmonton Trades and Labour Council from 1941 to 1945. Also a veteran of World War I, he served overseas with the 49th Battlion, of the Edmonton Regiment. (Bio by: K)
Edmonton Municipal Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Reid, Richard Gavin b. January 17, 1879 d. October 17, 1980
Alberta Premier. During the 1900 to 1902 Boer War, he served as a Lance-Sergeant in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He served as the Premier of Alberta from July 10, 1934, to September 3, 1935. He also served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in 1921 to 1934, Minister of Public Health from 1921 to 1933, Minister of Municipal Affairs from 1921 to 1923, and 1925 to 1934, Provincial Treasurer from 1923 to 1934, Minister of Lands and Mines from 1930 to 1934, Member of the Executive...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Edmonton Municipal Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Short, William b. January 11, 1866 d. January 27, 1926
Edmonton Mayor. A noted lawyer, mason, and motorist, who owned the first car in the city of Edmonton, he served as the Mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, from 1902 to 1904, and in 1913.
Edmonton Municipal Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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