Andrew James Macauley (May 14, 1887 – May 14, 1939https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174620798/andrew-james-macauley) was a farmer, rancher and political figure in

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. He represented Cut Knife from 1934 to 1938 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a

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(CCF) member. He was born in

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and moved west in 1905. Macauley worked as a labourer on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and later operated a ranch at

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with his two brothers. They raised

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cattle and

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s. In 1912, he joined the Saskatchewan Grain Growers. He was a director for the

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and was president from 1931 to 1932. He was defeated by William Roseland when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1938. Macauley died in a Saskatoon hospital following an operation for a

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Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs 20th-century Canadian politicians 1887 births 1939 deaths {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub