Alexander Logan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Fort Douglas, Manitoba, Canada
About Alexander Logan
- Alexander Logan (5 November 1841 – 23 June 1894) was a Canadian politician, serving as the fourth Mayor of Winnipeg on three occasions, first from 1879 to 1882 then in 1882 and finally in 1884.
- Prior to this, he served as a city alderman between 1874 and 1878. Logan's major work as mayor was to create incentives for the federal government to build the Canadian Pacific Railway route through Winnipeg.
- Charles Tupper, then the Canadian minister of public works, originally intended to locate the railway away from the city, but relented when Logan led a series of city measures to provide the railway with exemption from taxation, land donation for the passenger terminal.
- Logan also presided over a council decision to offer funding for a bridge across the Red River which resulted in the construction of the Louise Bridge.
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