Andrew Knox (April 26, 1866 – August 4, 1946) was an
Irish
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-born farmer and political figure in
Saskatchewan
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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
Robert Borden
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's wartime
Union Government
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. After the war, he
crossed the floor
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to join the new
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.
He was born in
County Londonderry,
Ireland
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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
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
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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
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