Alexander Walker Ogilvie

The Honourable Alexander Walker Ogilvie
Senator for Alma, Quebec
In office 1881–1901
Appointed by	John A. Macdonald
Preceded by	Edward Goff Penny
Succeeded by	Robert Mackay
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal-Ouest
In office 1867–1871
Succeeded by	Francis Cassidy
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal-Centre
In office 1875–1878
Preceded by	Charles Alexander
Succeeded by	Horatio Admiral Nelson
Personal details
Born	May 7, 1829 Côte-Saint-Michel, Lower Canada
Died	March 31, 1902(1902-03-31) (aged 72) Montreal, Quebec
Political party	Conservative
Occupation	Businessman, miller

Alexander Walker Ogilvie (May 7, 1829 – March 31, 1902) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Côte-Saint-Michel, Lower Canada (now Quebec) which is on the island of Montreal, the son of Alexander Ogilvie and Helen Watson, he owned a mill named A.W. Ogilvie & Company.

In 1867, he was acclaimed to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Montréal-Ouest. He did not run in 1871. He was elected again in 1875, this time in the riding of Montréal-Centre. He did not run in 1878.

In 1881, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Alma, Quebec. A Conservative, he resigned in 1901.

Alexander Walker Ogilvie died in 1902 and was buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal.

References

• Alexander Walker Ogilvie – Parliament of Canada biography
• "Alexander Walker Ogilvie". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016. 
• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.