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Author Bio

5263: Galts, father and son Pioneers in the development of southern Alberta, and, How Alberta grew up: A brief outline of development in the Lethbridge district The . 1935?.
Magrath, Charles Alexander (1860-1949.)
1860-1949. Arrived in West, employed as a surveyor, 1878-1885; land agent of the Alberta Railway & Coal Co.; later manager of the Canadian N.W. Irrigation Co., and did much to develop irrigation in southern Alberta; in NWT Legislature, 1891-1902; in House of Commons, 1908-1911; later played role in Canadian public and business life (Morgan, Canadian men and women of the time, 1912; Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, October 3, 1949).