Alexander Thorburn

Alexander "Alex" Gibbon "Gillion" "Gillan" Thorburn (December 18, 1836 – 1894) was a Canadian real estate agent, merchant, and politician.He started his own general store and became a real-estate agent for the Canada North-West Land Company.On April 16, 1891, Thorburn and a committee petitioned Minister of Interior Edgar Dewdney who was visiting the area.The constituents of Whitewood wanted the land to be opened up for settlement and the development of a Canadian Pacific Railway line.He finished well ahead of John Hawkes in the race, whose popular vote collapsed from the last election.
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