Alexander Walker Ogilvie (May 7, 1829 – March 31, 1902) was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician.

Born in Côte-Saint-Michel, Lower Canada

Lower Canada

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 (now Quebec

Quebec

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) which is on the island of Montreal

Montreal

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, the son of Alexander Ogilvie and Helen Watson, he owned a mill named A.W. Ogilvie & Company.

In 1867

Quebec general election, 1867

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, he was acclaimed to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 for the riding of Montreal West

Montréal-Saint-Laurent

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. He did not run in 1871

Quebec general election, 1871

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. He was elected again in 1875

Quebec general election, 1875

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 this time in the riding of Montreal Centre

Sainte-Anne (provincial electoral district)

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. He did not run in 1878

Quebec general election, 1878

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.

In 1881, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Alma, Quebec. A Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

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, he resigned in 1901.

Alexander Walker Ogilvie died in 1902 and was buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery

Mount Royal Cemetery

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in Montreal.