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THIRD AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH QUILT

A CANADIAN RED CROSS QUILT

Version 6.01

02 January 2023

David March © 2014

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ALEXANDER MacGILLIVRAY YOUNG

Dr Young was elected an alderman in Saskatoon in 1913 and served in that capacity for one year. From 1916 to 1921, with the exception of 1919, he was the mayor of Saskatoon. At the time of his death, a resounding theme of comments made by those that had worked with him was that, as mayor he insisted that all civic business and financial dealings be conducted in strict accordance with the City Act. In particular, it was noted that he insisted on maintaining sinking (emergency) funds. The value of this practice was recognized and continued by his successors.

After concluding his mayoral term, Dr Young returned to his medical practice until October of 1925 when he was elected as a member of the Liberal party to be Saskatoon’s member in the House of Commons and was re-elected in 1926. He served in this capacity until 1930 when he was defeated by Conservative candidate, F R MacMillan, also a former mayor of Saskatoon.

In 1935 he was re-elected and was in that term of office when he died. He was a member of the Medical Council of Canada from 1912 to 1937 and was its president in 1925 and 1926. He was a member of the Canadian Medical Association and was the registrar of the College of Physicians and Surgeons for several years. He died on 9 July 1939 in Saskatoon and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. His wife, Alyce, died in Saskatoon on 30 September 1955 and is also buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.

This family tree can be found on Ancestry under the title 3rd Ave Young 1 Tree.



Alexander MacGillivray Young was born on 30 July 1878 to Thomas Young and Margaret MacGillivray in Millsville, Nova Scotia. He was often referred to as A MacG Young. His siblings were: Agnes Sarah (1876), Rona (1881), Flossie Julia (1883), William Romaine (1885), Libbie F (1887), Rodrick Luther (1890) and Daniel Russell (1893). He obtained his education at Pictou Academy, Dalhousie University and McGill University, receiving B.A., M.D. and C.M. degrees. He married Alyce Maud Stanley, the daughter of Charles and Helen Stanley on 17 November 1906 in Montreal, Quebec. She was born in Quebec in 1886. They had three children, Reginald MacGillivray, Phyllis, and Roderick Alistair.

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