William Oliver (December 26, 1860 – April 27, 1951) worked in
construction
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in
Lethbridge
Lethbridge ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. With a population of 101,482 in its 2019 Alberta municipal censuses, 2019 municipal census, Lethbridge became the fourth Alberta city to surpass 100,000 people. The nearby Canadian ...
and served as the seventh
mayor of Lethbridge,
Alberta
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,
Canada
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. Born in
Oxford County,
Ontario
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, Oliver moved to Lethbridge in 1886. Two years later, he married Amelia, with whom he had three sons. After she died in 1912, Oliver married Margaret C. Cossaboom, and had a son with her.
Oliver served as mayor 1902–1905. Under his administration (as well as the mayor before him), Lethbridge secured its first
waterworks
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and
sewage disposal
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system.
Outside of his mayoral term, he built houses. He owned Oliver Block and Oliver Apartments.
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1860 births
1951 deaths
Mayors of Lethbridge
20th-century Canadian politicians
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