Arthur Sifton
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Arthur Lewis Watkins Sifton (1858 - 1921)

Arthur Lewis Watkins Sifton
Born in Arva, Middlesex, Canada Westmap
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Husband of — married 20 Sep 1882 in Cobourg, Ontario, Canadamap
Died at age 62 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canadamap
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2nd Premier of Alberta
May 26, 1910 – October 30, 1917
Succeeded by
Charles Stewart

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Arthur Sifton was the first chief justice of the Supreme Court of the new province of Alberta (1907) and its premier from 1910 to 1917.

Born in 1858 in Arva, Middlesex County, Canada West (Ontario), he was the eldest son of John Sifton and Kate Watkins. His family moved to Manitoba in 1875. He attended Victoria College in Cobourg, Ontario, with his younger brother Clifford and later set up a law practice with him in Brandon, Manitoba. He served as an alderman on Brandon's first city council in 1882 and 1883.

In 1882 he married Mary Deering; they had one daughter and one son.

Sources

  • David J. Hall, “SIFTON, ARTHUR LEWIS WATKINS,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 15, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed April 16, 2020, .
  • Wikipedia:Arthur Sifton
  • Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927, database with images, FamilySearch (11 March 2018), Arthur Lewis Watkins Sifton and Mary Horseman Deering, 20 Sep 1882; citing registration , Cobourg, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,869,759.
  • Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947, database with images, FamilySearch (26 March 2020), Arthur Lewis Sifton, 21 Jan 1921; citing Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, yr 1921 cn 9734, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,863,538.
  • Find A Grave: Memorial #8523448, Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada




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