Alexander Haggart | |
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Member of the House of Commons of Canada | |
In office 1909–1911 | |
Constituency | Winnipeg |
Personal details | |
Born | Peterborough, Ontario | January 20, 1848
Died | February 19, 1927 Winnipeg, Manitoba | (aged 79)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
Elizabeth Littlehales
(
m. 1887) |
Education | Victoria University |
Occupation | Jurist, politician |
Alexander Haggart (January 20, 1848 – February 19, 1927) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and political figure in Manitoba. He represented Winnipeg in the House of Commons of Canada from 1909 to 1911 as a Conservative. [1]
He was born in Peterborough, Canada West, the son of Archibald Haggart and Elizabeth McGregor, and was educated at Victoria University in Cobourg. [2] He was called to the Ontario bar in 1878, first practised law in Toronto and then moved to Winnipeg in 1880, [3] where he practised in partnership with Hugh John Macdonald and Albert Clements Killam. Haggart served as a member of the Winnipeg School Board. [4] In 1887, he married Elizabeth Littlehales. [5] He resigned his seat in the House of Commons in 1911 to allow Robert Rogers to run for election. [1] He was president of the Law Society of Manitoba from 1906 to 1910. Haggart served in the Manitoba Court of Appeal from 1912 to 1920, retiring due to poor health. [3] He died in Winnipeg at the age of 79. [4]