Andrew Knox (April 26, 1866 – August 4, 1946) was an

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-born farmer and political figure in

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, Canada. He represented Prince Albert in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1925. He was elected to Parliament in the 1917 federal election as a Liberal-Unionist supporter of Sir

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's wartime

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. After the war, he

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to join the new

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. He was born in County Londonderry,

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, the son of James Knox and the former Miss Boyd, and was educated in Coleraine. Knox came to Canada in 1890 and settled on a farm in

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. In 1900, he married Elizabeth Short. Knox was a director of the Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association from 1907 to 1918. He served as mayor of Prince Albert from 1915 to 1917. He was a member of the Progressive Party from 1919 on and was re-elected as a Progressive MP in the 1921 federal election. Knox was defeated when he ran for reelection to the House of Commons in 1925 federal election.

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Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan Liberal-Unionist MPs in Canada Progressive Party of Canada MPs Mayors of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan 1866 births 1946 deaths 20th-century Canadian politicians {{Saskatchewan-mayor-stub