Arthur Leslie Cameron, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Malahide, Ontario, Canada
About Arthur Leslie Cameron
- Arthur Leslie Cameron (May 6, 1856 – January 22, 1940) was the tenth mayor of Calgary.
- His second term was after the creation of the Province of Alberta. Cameron was born in Springfield, Ontario on May 6, 1856.
- After a builders' apprenticeship in Toronto, Ontario, he decided to move west in 1878.
- He first went to Manitoba, spending time in Emerson and Brandon.
- In Brandon, he worked in the lumber business.
- Here he met Elizabeth Parrish (b.
- 1860 Brock, Ontario) and in 1882 they were married.
- In 1886, they moved to Medicine Hat, Alberta. In 1888, Cameron moved to a fledgling Calgary.
- He spent two terms on the Calgary City Council in the 1890s, then became mayor in 1898 for a one-year term.
- Cameron returned to the mayoral office in 1907 and held the position for another two years. Cameron was a member of the University of Alberta Board of Governors and was also involved in the Calgary Board of Trade and the Alberta Club.
- Together with his wife Elizabeth, he had four children.
- He died on January 22, 1940 in Victoria, British Columbia at the age of 83.
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