Cornelius Gallagher (December 31, 1854 – October 27, 1932) was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor and the third mayor of Edmonton.
Gallagher was born December 31, 1854 in Saint John, New Brunswick and, as a young adult, joined his father's butchery. He and his father moved to Winnipeg in 1877, where they established wholesale and retail meat distributor P. Gallagher and Son. In 1888, Cornelius moved to Battleford, Saskatch...
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Cornelius Gallagher (December 31, 1854 – October 27, 1932) was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor and the third mayor of Edmonton.
Gallagher was born December 31, 1854 in Saint John, New Brunswick and, as a young adult, joined his father's butchery. He and his father moved to Winnipeg in 1877, where they established wholesale and retail meat distributor P. Gallagher and Son. In 1888, Cornelius moved to Battleford, Saskatchewan, from which he supplied meat to troops suppressing the North-West Rebellion; he later supplied the North-West Mounted Police. The same year, he married Exilda Bourre; the couple would adopt two children. From 1889 to 1891 he was in Regina.
He came to Edmonton in 1891 and founded the Gallagher-Hull meat company, which he operated until his 1911 retirement. He first sought public office in 1893, when he was elected to Edmonton Town Council, placing sixth of nine candidates in an aldermanic race in which the top six candidates were elected....
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