Alexander Haggart was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Manitoba

Manitoba

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. He represented Winnipeg

Winnipeg (electoral district)

Winnipeg was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1917.This riding was created in 1882 from parts of Selkirk riding....

 in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1909 to 1911 as a Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

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He was born in Peterborough

Peterborough, Ontario

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, Canada West, the son of Archibald Haggart and Elizabeth McGregor, and was educated at Victoria University

Victoria University in the University of Toronto

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 in Cobourg

Cobourg, Ontario

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. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1878, first practised law in Toronto

Toronto

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 and then moved to Winnipeg

Winnipeg

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...

 in 1880, where he practised in partnership with Hugh John Macdonald

Hugh John Macdonald

Sir Hugh John Macdonald, PC was the only surviving son of the first Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald, and was a politician in his own right, serving as a member of the Canadian House of Commons and a federal cabinet minister, and briefly as the eighth Premier of Manitoba.-Early...

 and Albert Clements Killam

Albert Clements Killam

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. Haggart served as a member of the Winnipeg School Board. In 1887, he married Elizabeth Littlehales. He resigned his seat in the House of Commons in 1911 to allow Robert Rogers

Robert Rogers (Manitoba politician)

Robert Rogers, PC was a Canadian merchant and politician. He served as a cabinet minister at both the federal and provincial levels....

 to run for election. He was president of the Law Society of Manitoba from 1906 to 1910. Haggart served in the Manitoba Court of Appeal

Manitoba Court of Appeal

The Manitoba Court of Appeal is the highest Court of Appeal in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was established in 1906. It is located in the Old Law Courts building at 408 York Avenue in Winnipeg, the capital city of Manitoba...

from 1912 to 1920, retiring due to poor health. He died in Winnipeg at the age of 79.