Alexander Grant Dallas
Canadian politician
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| Intro | Canadian politician | |
| Places | Canada | |
| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 25 July 1816 | |
| Death | 3 January 1882 (aged 65 years) |
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Alexander Grant Dallas (25 July 1816 – 3 January 1882) was a Chief Factor in the Hudson's Bay Company and superintendent of the Columbia District and New Caledonia from 1857 to 1861, then superintendent of Fort Garry in what was to become Manitoba from 1862 to 1864. He was later the Governor of Rupert's Land. He married Jane Douglas, a daughter of the Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island, James Douglas, on 9 March 1858.