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Alexander Fleming (1841-1897)

Physician, druggist.

Born in Lanark, Scotland, and was educated at the Glasgow University of Medicine and at Harvard. In 1863 he came with his family to Fredericton, New Brunswick, and practised medicine at Sackville, New Brunswick, for ten years. John W. Fleming was his son.

In 1881 he brought his family to Brandon, Manitoba and was Brandon’s first medical director and pharmacist. He was chairman of the first school board in Brandon, 1881, and also served as Mayor. He was a president of the Manitoba and Northwest Farmers’ Union, a member of the original Provisional Board of Management of the Brandon General Hospital, 1883, and became a member of the staff when it opened in 1891.

Fleming died at Brandon on 26 November 1897. Fleming School in Brandon was named in his honour.

Source:

Pioneers and Early Citizens of Manitoba

This collection of biographies of early Manitobans was compiled by the Manitoba Library Association, and published in 1971. Those included in the collection lived prior to 1920, and came from all walks of life: politics, professions, business and finance, armed services, arts, pioneers, and others.

© 1971, Manitoba Library Association,
ISBN 0-919566-01-4
Online version 2007, Manitoba Historical Society.


Profile revised: 18 August 2008

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