Hugh Armstrong
| Hugh Armstrong | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Portage la Prairie | |
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In office 1892–1896 |
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In office 1902–1914 |
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| Born | August 5, 1858 |
| Died | March 4, 1926 (aged 67) |
Hugh Armstrong (August 5, 1858 – March 4, 1926) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1892 to 1896 and from 1902 to 1915, and was a senior cabinet minister in the government of Rodmond P. Roblin. Armstrong was a member of the Conservative Party.
Armstrong was born in New York City, New York, in 1858, and moved to Ontario with his parents one year later. He moved to Manitoba in 1883, and settled in Portage la Prairie in 1896. He worked as a fish exporter, and was a prominent figure in Manitoba's early fish industry.
He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1892, winning without opposition in the Woodlands constituency. The Manitoba Liberal Party won a majority government in this election, and Armstrong sat with the small opposition group.
He resigned from the legislature in 1896 to run for the Canadian House of Commons as a candidate of the federal Conservative Party. He lost the riding of Selkirk to Liberal Party candidate John Alexander MacDonell by a single vote.
The Manitoba Conservative Party formed government in 1900, initially under Hugh John Macdonald and subsequently under Rodmond P. Roblin. Armstrong returned to the legislature in 1902, and the sitting member for Portage la Prairie died. He was again returned without opposition, and sat as a government backbencher.
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