Amos Moore Lyle (October 8, 1866 – April 1943) was a politician in

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, Canada. He served in the

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from 1910 to 1914, as a member of the

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. Lyle was born near

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(now

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), the son of Samuel Lyle and Mary Moore, a family that had emigrated from

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in 1848. He was educated at Smiths Falls and Morrisburg. He worked as a cabinet maker in Morrisburg and then went to Manitoba in 1886, and returned in 1891 after a period in

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. Lyle was a farmer, and a breeder of purebred

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s. He served on the town council for Lyleton. In 1900, Lyle married Lillian G. Lyle. In religion, he was a

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. He first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1907 provincial election, and lost to

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candidate John Williams by three votes in the

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constituency. He ran again in the 1910 election, and defeated Williams by 175 votes. The Conservatives won the election, and Lyle served in the legislature as a backbench supporter of

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's government. He lost his constituency seat to Williams by 66 votes in the 1914 election. Lyle died at home in Lyleton in early April 1943.

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1866 births 1943 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs People from Smiths Falls {{Manitoba-politician-stub