Morton W. MacAuley, usually known as M. W. MacAuley was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.

Biography

MacAuley was born in Inverness County, Nova Scotia on Cape Breton. He studied medicine at

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, and worked as a surgeon in Halifax and practiced medicine in Pictou County for ten years before coming to Edmonton. He ran in the 1906 Edmonton election, and was elected to a one-year term as alderman on

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by finishing fifth of twelve candidates. He resigned eight months into his term, on August 6, 1907, and did not re-enter politics thereafter.

References

City of Edmonton biography of Morton MacAuley
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