Alexander Hall Roe
Appearance
George Douglas Hawley | |
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Ontario MPP | |
In office 1883–1884 | |
Preceded by | George Douglas Hawley |
Succeeded by | George Douglas Hawley |
Constituency | Lennox |
Personal details | |
Born | Westport, Frontenac County | September 15, 1842
Died | July 12, 1884 Toronto, Ontario | (aged 41)
Political party | Liberal |
Occupation | Merchant |
Alexander Hall Roe (1842 – July 12, 1884) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Lennox in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1883 to 1884.
He was born in Westport, Frontenac County in 1842 and studied at Victoria College in Cobourg. He studied law in Napanee but then moved to Forest Mills where he operated a general store, a sawmill and a gristmill. He returned to the study of law at Napanee and, although he never qualified as an attorney, was employed in the practice of general law. He was defeated by George Douglas Hawley in the 1879 general election but then won the Lennox seat in 1883. He died in office in 1884.
External links
[edit]- Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history
- History of the County of Lennox and Addington, WS Herrington (1913)