Alexander Lucas was a Canadian

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 businessman and politician. He was the seventh mayor of the town of Calgary

Calgary

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, Alberta

District of Alberta

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 and spent six years as a Member of the Legislative Assembly

Member of the Legislative Assembly

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 (MLA) in British Columbia

British Columbia

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Lucas was born in Ontario

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 in 1852, and was the third child of George Lucas and Elizabeth Cowan. On January 10, 1878, he married Jane Frances "Jennie" Tanner. Together, they had two children, Fredrick and Edward. Both of their sons became prominent lawyers in BC; Fred was appointed to the Supreme Court Bench of BC in 1935.

In 1886, Lucas moved to Calgary. Here he became a partner in a land, insurance and auctioning company. He was the publisher of the Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

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 and helped found the Calgary Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber has a room named in his honour. In 1891, he spent one one-year term as a town councilor. This was followed by two one-year terms as the mayor of Calgary.

Lucas ran for a seat in the 1894 Northwest Territories general election

Northwest Territories general election, 1894

The Northwest Territories general election of 1894 held 31 October 1894. This was the third general election in the history of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, the writs were dropped on 3 October 1894...

 in the West Calgary

West Calgary (N.W.T. electoral district)

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 electoral district. He was defeated finishing second in the three way race behind Oswald Critchley

Oswald Critchley

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. Later that year he ran and was elected as an alderman is what had now become the City of Calgary.

Lucas went to the Kootenay

Kootenays

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 district of British Columbia in 1897. He later moved to the Vancouver. Elected in the British Columbia general election, 1909

British Columbia general election, 1909

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, he served two terms as an MLA in Premier

Premier (Canada)

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 Richard McBride

Richard McBride

Sir Richard McBride, KCMG was a British Columbian politician and is often considered the founder of the British Columbia Conservative Party. McBride was first elected to the provincial legislature in the 1898 election, and served in the cabinet of James Dunsmuir from 1900 to 1901...

's Conservative

British Columbia Conservative Party

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 government.

Lucas died in Vancouver on June 8, 1942, and is interred in Mountain View Cemetery

Mountain View Cemetery (Vancouver)

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