Alfred Henry Carroll (1846-1924)

Farmer, MLA (1903-1907), MLA (1908-1910), MLA (1911-1914).

Born at Woodstock, Ontario on 2 March 1846, a son of Daniel and Agnes Carroll, he was educated at public schools then commenced a career in the lumbering business in Virginia. He subsequently worked as a merchant at Walkerton, Ontario. He came to Manitoba in 1881 and settled at a site that became the town of Carroll, which was named for him. He represented South Brandon in the Manitoba Legislature for three terms and served as a councillor and Reeve of the Rural Municipality of Oakland. He served as Quarter-Master Sergeant with the 33^rd Bruce Rifles.

In 1877, he married Mary Ellen Dent of Mitchell, Ontario. They had one son, Fred H. Carroll. He was a member of the Macabees and the AF & AM. He was interested in horses.

In 1915, he retired and moved from Carroll to Beachville, Ontario where he died on 9 June 1924.

Sources:

Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, 1911. C. W. Parker, editor. Canadian Press Association, Vancouver.

“Death Calls to Alfred Carroll” Newspaper clipping dated 14 June 1924. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B8]

Profile revised: 7 November 2009

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