Percy W. Abbott was an alderman

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 in Edmonton

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, Alberta

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, Canada

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Biography

Abbott was born in Lucan, Ontario, where he attended school. He later moved to Regina, Saskatchewan

Regina, Saskatchewan

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 and attended the Regina Normal School. He moved to Stony Plain, Alberta

Stony Plain, Alberta

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, where he taught school for two years, before being admitted to the Law Society of Alberta

Law Society of Alberta

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 in 1909. In 1908 he married Margaret McIntyre of Edmonton; the couple had three daughters.

He opened a law office in Edmonton, and later established the partnerships Abbott and McLaughlin (1917-1933) and Abbott and Auxier (1933-1942). In 1919

Edmonton municipal election, 1919

The 1919 municipal election was held December 8, 1919 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board. T P Malone, Paul Janvrin, T S Magee, and Joseph Henri Picard were acclaimed to two year terms on the separate school board...

 he ran for alderman on Edmonton City Council

Edmonton City Council

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 and was elected, finishing fourth of twelve candidates (the top five were elected). He served his two year term, but did not seek re-election in 1921

Edmonton municipal election, 1921

The 1921 municipal election was held December 12, 1921 to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board...

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Percy W. Abbott died in 1942 at the age of 60. He had been a member of the Independent Order of Foresters, the YMCA

YMCA

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, the Edmonton Club, and the Masonic Order.