Charles Wilson Cross

Charles Wilson Cross was a Canadian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the Canadian House of Commons. He was also the first AttorneyGeneral of Alberta. Born in Ontario, he studied law at Osgoode Hall Law School before coming west to practice in Edmonton. He became active with the Liberal Party of Canada, and when Alberta was created in 1905 he was chosen by Premier Alexander Cameron Rutherford to be its first AttorneyGeneral. Implicated in the Alberta and Great Waterways Railway scandal, he resigned in 1910 along with the rest of Rutherfords government.

Cross was born in Madoc, Ontario to merchant Thomas Cross and his wife, Marie Mouncey. He studied at Upper Canada College, the University of Toronto, and Osgoode Hall Law School. He moved west to Edmonton in 1897, where he opened a law practice with William Short it exists today as Duncan Craig LLP. When the idea of creating one or more new provinces out of the Northwest Territories gained currency, Cross was one of three people selected by Edmonton City Council to travel to Ottawa and ensure that Edmontons interests were respected.

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