Thomas A. Tweed | |
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| MLA for Medicine Hat | |
| In office 1888–1894 | |
| Succeeded by | Edward Fearon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 14, 1853 Kingston, Canada West |
| Died | April 4, 1906 (aged 52) Montreal, Quebec |
Thomas Andrew Tweed (April 14, 1853 – April 4, 1906) was a merchant and political figure in the Northwest Territories, Canada. He represented Medicine Hat in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1888 to 1894 as a Conservative.
Medicine Hat was a former territorial electoral district in Northwest Territories, Canada. The electoral district was created with the passage of the North-West Representation Act of 1888. The primary population center and the districts name sake was the city of Medicine Hat. The district was abolished in 1905 with the creation of Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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He was born in Kingston, Canada West, the son of Thomas Tweed and Jane Hiditch, and was educated there. He served in the Red River Expedition of 1870 with Garnet Wolseley. Tweed was employed in cotton mills in Montreal and Cornwall, Ontario, reaching the position of manager. In 1873, he married Helen Sutherland. He went west to Medicine Hat in 1883, where he established a general store in partnership with James Alexander Lougheed. He later established a large ranch in partnership with John Ewart. Tweed served as postmaster for Medicine Hat. He was also president of the Medicine Hat Board of Trade. [1] He served as president of the Northwest Territories Liberal-Conservative Party from 1903 to 1905. Tweed died in Montreal of heart failure at the age of 52.
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