Alfred Alexander Lefurgey (April 22, 1871 – November 11, 1934) was a Canadian

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 lawyer and politician.

Born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island

Summerside, Prince Edward Island

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, the son of John Lefurgey

John Lefurgey

John Lefurgey was a merchant, ship builder and political figure in Prince Edward Island. He represented 5th Prince in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1870 to 1890 as a Conservative member....

, Lefurgey was educated at St. Dunstan's College, Mount Allison University

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 (B.A.

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 in 1891) and Harvard Law School

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 (LL.B

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 in 1894). He returned to Summerside where he entered his father's ship building and shipping business with his brother, John Ephraim.

Lefurgey was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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 for 5th Prince

5th Prince

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 in 1897. Lefurgey resigned his seat in 1898 to run unsuccessfully for a federal seat in 1898. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 for East Prince

East Prince

For the rural slang name for southeastern Prince County, Prince Edward Island, see East Prince .East Prince was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1904.This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Prince...

 in the general elections of 1900

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 and re-elected in 1904

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 for Prince

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. A Conservative

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, he was defeated in 1908

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 and again in 1917

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. In the House of Commons, he served as Conservative whip

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 for the Maritime provinces.

Lefurgey was a prominent member in the Masonic order.