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Raymond Knight MP (1872 - 1947)
Raymond ("Ray") Knight (8 April 1872 – 7 February 1947) was a prominent Latter-day Saint settler of what is today Southern Alberta. Knight instituted the Raymond Stampede, the oldest and longest-runnin...
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye MP (1685 - 1749)
"Gauthier"
Notes * Location info: Trois-Rivières (birth), Montréal (death)* Pionnier de l'Ontario , Manitoba , et de l' Alberta
Gilbert Lawrence MP (1859 - 1925)
Gilbert Lawrence First Mayor of Edson, AlbertaEstablishing a permanent cemetery was a priority for the community. In the 1911 mayoral election, candidate Gilbert Lawrence made establishing a cemetery a...
Harvey Alexander Switzer (1889 - 1977)
Harvey A. Switzer, originally from Ontario, was one of northern Alberta’s first pharmacists. After graduating from the University of Toronto in 1910, he initially settled in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. He o...