Alexander Chisholm

Alexander Chisholm

"(For the Australian journalist, author and ornithologist, see: Alexander Hugh Chisholm)"

Alexander Chisholm ( 1790-October 9 1854) was a political figure in Upper Canada.

He was born in Scotland in 1790 and migrated to Glengarry County in 1817. In 1825, he became a colonel in the local militia. He represented the county in the 12th and 13th Parliaments. He died at Alexandria in 1854.

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* [http://www.umanitoba.ca/colleges/st_pauls/ccha/Back%20Issues/CCHA1939-40/Scott.html Glengarry's Representatives in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada]


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