About Robert Alexander Anderson
Lived 1856 – 1916 (aged 60). Robert Alexander Anderson was a Canadian politician.
Robert Alexander Anderson (14 August 1856 – 5 December 1916) was a Canadian politician, and the fourth mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, serving one term in 1894. He had previously served as an alderman, from 1892 to 1893. He was born in Armagh, Ireland and died in New Westminster, British Columbia.
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Canadian mayor
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Robert Alexander Anderson was born on 14 August 1856 in Armagh.
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Robert Alexander Anderson died on 5 December 1916 in New Westminster.
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Robert Alexander Anderson was a politician.
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Robert Alexander Anderson was Canadian.
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