Alexander MacGillivray Young

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Alexander MacGillivray Young
Alexander MacGillivray Young

Member of Parliament
for Saskatoon
In office
1925 – 1926
Preceded by John Evans
Succeeded by Alexander MacGillivray Young
In office
1926 – 1930
Preceded by Alexander MacGillivray Young
Succeeded by Frank Roland Macmillan

Member of Parliament
for Saskatoon City
In office
1935 – 1940
Preceded by Frank Roland Macmillan
Succeeded by Rev. Walter George Brown (by-election after Young's death)

Born July 30, 1878
Millsville, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died July 9, 1939
Political party Liberal
Profession physician

Alexander MacGillivray Young (born July 30, 1878 in Millsville, Nova Scotia, Canada-died July 9, 1939) was a Canadian physician and politician. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Liberal Party for the riding of Saskatoon in 1925 and re-elected in 1926 and defeated in 1930. He was re-elected in 1935 to the riding of Saskatoon City. Prior to his federal political experience, he was elected councillor for Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1913 and elected mayor of Saskatoon in 1916 and 1920. During the 16th Parliament of Canada, 1st Session, he was the Chairperson of the Select Standing Committee on Railways, Canals and Telegraph Lines. He is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

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