John Armstrong MacKelvie, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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About John Armstrong MacKelvie
- John Armstrong MacKelvie (September 14, 1865 – June 4, 1924) was a journalist, editor and political figure in British Columbia, Canada.
- He represented Yale in the House of Commons of Canada from 1920 to 1924 as a Conservative.He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of Thomas M.
- MacKelvie and Sarah Jane Armstrong.
- MacKelvie moved to Calgary in 1883, to Vancouver in 1888 and to Vernon in 1889.
- In 1882, he married Jessie Stewart McIntyre.
- MacKelvie served with the Alberta Mounted Rifles during the North-West Rebellion.
- He was editor of the Vernon News.
- From 1912 to 1913, he served as a member of a Royal Commission on Labour for the British Columbia government.
- MacKelvie was first elected to the House of Commons in a 1920 by-election held after Martin Burrell, who had been injured in a fire in the Parliament Buildings, was named librarian for the Library of Parliament.
- MacKelvie died in office in Ottawa at the age of 58.
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