James Alexander "Sandy" Macphail (January 25, 1870 – January 13, 1949) was an engineer, educator and political figure on Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island

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. He represented 4th Queens

4th Queens

4th Queens was an electoral district in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1873 to 1993.The district comprised the southeastern portion of Queens County....

 in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island

Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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 from 1911 to 1915 as a Conservative.

He was born in Orwell, Prince Edward Island

Orwell, Prince Edward Island

Orwell is a settlement in Queens County, Prince Edward Island.Canadian professor, physician, and intellectual Sir Andrew Macphail was born in Orwell on November 24, 1864. The Sir Andrew Macphail Foundation preserves his family home and its 140-acre property in Orwell as a museum, the Sir Andrew...

, the son of William Macphail and Catherine E. Smith, and was educated at Prince of Wales College

Prince of Wales College

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, McGill University

McGill University

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 and Queen's University

Queen's University

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. In 1910, he married Agnes Mary Moray. Macphail was a professor in the School of Mining and then the Department of Civil Engineering at Queen's, later becoming department head. He led a company of military engineers during World War I

World War I

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 as a major, later reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel.

His brother Andrew

Andrew Macphail

John Andrew Macphail, Kt, MD, MRCS was a Canadian physician, author, professor of medicine, and soldier. "A prolific and versatile writer, Sir Andrew Macphail was one of the most influential Canadian intellectuals of his time."-Life and Work:Macphail was born in Orwell, Prince Edward Island, on...

was a noted physician, educator and author.