Alexander Douglas Turnbull (August 26, 1903 – June 23, 1993) was an engineer and political figure in British Columbia

British Columbia

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. He represented Rossland-Trail

Rossland-Trail

Rossland-Trail was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the towns of Rossland and Trail, in the West Kootenay. The riding first appeared in the 1924 election as the result of a redistribution of the former ridings of Greenwood and...

 from 1949 to 1952 as a Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

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Born in St. Marys, Ontario

St. Marys, Ontario

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, he was the son of J.W. Turnbull and Elizabeth Moore. Turnbull was educated at the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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 as a metallurgical engineer. In 1928, he married Elsie G. Willard. Turnbull seved as reeve of Tadanac

Trail, British Columbia

Trail is a city in the West Kootenay region of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada.-Geography:Trail has an area of . The city is located on both banks of the Columbia River, approximately 10 km north of the United States border. This section of the Columbia River valley is located between the...

 from 1944 to 1945. He was a member of a Liberal-Conservative coalition in the assembly. Turnbull was defeated by Robert Edward Sommers

Robert Sommers

Robert Edward Sommers was an Alberta born elementary school principal and a politician, who served as a Social Credit Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1952 to 1958, representing the riding of Rossland-Trail in the Canadian province of British Columbia...

when he ran for reelection in 1952. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Health and Welfare, as Minister of Trade and Industry and as Minister of Minister of Municipal Affairs.