Mayor Alexander Mackay Edwards, MP

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239184325
• Interesting: business, druggist, politics,
• Name: A. M. Edwards
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-207928
• Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Chemist
• Occupation: 1905, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Druggist
• Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Retail Druggist, Drug Store
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Elected Office: 1925; Member of Parliament

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EDWARDS, Alexander McKay, M.P.

In Galt on Friday, June 3, 1938, at his late residence, 142 Blair Road, Alexander McKay Edwards, M.P., beloved husband of Laura M. Clare, in his sixty-fourth year. Private service at his late residence, on Monday, June 6, at 11 a.m. (S.T.), Remains will than rest in Knox Presbyterian Church, until 2: 30 p.m. (S.T.). when a public service will be held. Interment in Mount View Cemetery, Galt.

Kitchener Daily Record 4 Jun 1938 pg 15

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Alexander MacKay Edwards was born in Bothwell 6 Apr 1872, the son of Charles Edwards and Annie MacKay. Educated in Bothwell and at Glencoe he completed his formal educations at the Ontario College of Pharmacy. About 1900 he opened the White Drug Store which later became Meikleham's Pharmacy. In 1912 he sold the drug store and created the Galt Stove and Furnace Co. and served as president. He served on Galt council, reeve and mayor. He was elected to represent Waterloo South in the House of Commons in 1925.

Cambridge Mosaic , Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [abbreviated snippet from original text in book]

Alexander married Laura May Clare 26 Apr 1905, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Laura (daughter of George Adam Clare, MP and Catherine Fink) was born 10 Mar 1880, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Oct 1952; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margarete Clare Edwards
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-207930
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192551961
• Military: Lieutenant-Colonel The Highland Light Infantry of Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-207932
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Notes:

Trust Aide, G. A. Edwards Dies in Galt

GALT, Lt.-Col. George Alexander McKay Edwards, 52, Galt branch manager of the Waterloo Trust and Savings Company, died suddenly, yesterday. He was the son of the late A. M. Edwards, who was the South Waterloo member of Parliament for many years. He led the Highland Light Infantry of Canada in operations along the Scheldt estuary and into Holland. Earlier he served in the North African campaigns.

COMMANDED HLI

Mr. Edwards joined the HLI in 1934. When the unit mobilized in 1940, he was a captain. Upon his return after the war, he took command of the reserve unit as lieutenant-colonel. Mr. Edwards joined the Waterloo Trust in 1934, a year after his graduation, from Trinity College, University of Toronto. After the war he was appointed assistant manager of the branch and took over as manager, in 1953. He leaves his wife, the former Mary Davidson Wardlaw; a son, James Clare and a sister, Margrata Clare Edwards. Funeral service will be held at Little's Funeral Home, 39 Grand Ave. North, Monday, at 2: 30 p m. Burial will be in Mount View cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 18 Jun 1960 pg 5

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June 17. G. A. M. Edwards, 51, had an outstanding military career and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel. Mr. Edwards was active in community affairs, being treasurer of the South Waterloo unit of the Canadian Cancer Society and director of the Galt Red Cross Society. Through his lifelong residence in Galt, his military career, his business life and his considerable interest and participation in athletics, he was widely known throughout the area.

Forty-Eighth Annual Volume of the Waterloo Historical Society Mar 1961

George married Mary Davidson Wardlaw 8 Jun 1940, Parkdale, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Dr. James Sime Wardlaw and Mary Helen Ritchie) was born 1 Aug 1914; died 9 Apr 1977; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]