William Moffat (Alberta politician)
Canadian politician
Intro | Canadian politician | |
Places | Canada | |
was | Politician | |
Work field | Politics | |
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Birth | 20 January 1847, Carleton Place | |
Death | 5 September 1926 (aged 79 years) |
William Moffat (January 20, 1847 – September 5, 1926) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He was born in Carleton Place, Ontario.
Moffat was elected in the 1913 Alberta general election in a hotly contested election. He served as a back bencher for the Alberta Liberal Party.
Moffat was defeated by Louise McKinney who became the first woman elected to a Legislature in the British Empire during the 1917 Alberta general election, he never returned to provincial politics.