{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{other people||Alex Ferguson (disambiguation)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Alexander Ferguson | image = | image_size = 180px | office1 = Ontario MPP | term_start1 = 1908 | term_end1 = 1919 | predecessor1 = ''New riding'' | successor1 = Edgar James Evans | constituency1 = Simcoe South | term_start2 = 1906 | term_end2 = 1908 | predecessor2 = Edward Alfred Little | successor2 = ''Riding abolished'' | constituency2 = Cardwell | party = Conservative | birth_date = {{birth date|1860|2|23}} | birth_place = Collingwood, Canada West | death_date = {{death date and age|1925|3|25|1860|2|23}} | death_place = Schomberg, Ontario | occupation = Farmer | relations = | spouse = | children = }}
'''Alexander Ferguson''' (February 23, 1860 – March 3, 1925) was a farmer and politician in Ontario, Canada. He represented Cardwell from 1906 to 1908 and Simcoe South from 1908 to 1919 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member.<ref name=parlgd/><ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Ferguson, MPP |url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1142 |website=ontla.on.ca |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario |access-date=January 24, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131065553/http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1142 |archive-date=January 31, 2016}}</ref><ref name=barrie/>
He was educated in Collingwood. Ferguson was elected to the Ontario assembly by acclamation in a 1906 by-election held after Edward Alfred Little resigned his seat.<ref name=parlgd>{{cite book |url=http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/The_Canadian_Parliamentary_Guide_and_Work_of_General_Reference_for_the_1000454424/233 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide and Work of General Reference for the Dominion of Canada |year=1908 |last=Chambers |first=E J |access-date=January 24, 2016}}</ref>
He died at Schomberg, Ontario in 1925.<ref name=barrie>{{cite news |url=http://images.ourontario.ca/barrie/1017186/data?n=45747 |title=Ferguson, Alexander (on March 3, 1925) |date=March 5, 1925 |newspaper=Barrie Examiner |access-date=January 24, 2016}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Ontario MPP biography|id=alexander-ferguson|name=Alexander Ferguson}}
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