Alexander Ingram Fisher was a lawyer, judge and political figure in British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

. He represented Fernie

Fernie (electoral district)

Fernie was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Fernie in the southern Rockies. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903...

 from 1916 to 1920 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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 as a Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

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He was born in Waterdown, Ontario

Waterdown, Ontario

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, the son of Reverend Simeon Whidden Fisher and Mary Ingram, and was educated in Dundas

Dundas, Ontario

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, at Toronto University and at Osgoode Hall

Osgoode Hall Law School

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. Fisher was called to the Ontario bar in 1906 and to the British Columbia bar in 1907. In the same year, he married Eva Mary MacKinnon. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the assembly in 1909. Fisher was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1920. He was named King's Counsel in 1923. In 1929, Fisher was named to the Supreme Court of British Columbia

Supreme Court of British Columbia

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. He was elevated to the British Columbia Court of Appeal

British Columbia Court of Appeal

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 in 1942. Fisher died in hospital in Toronto

Toronto

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the following year at the age of 68.