Charles Alexander Magrath (April 22, 1860 – October 30, 1949) was born in North Augusta, Ontario. He participated in foundation surveys of the North-West Territories from 1878 until 1885. Then he joined Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt and Elliot Torrence Galt in their western industrial enterprises, becoming Land Commissioner of the North Western Coal and Navigation Company, Limited. The first mayor of Lethbridge, Alberta (1891), Magrath was a member of the Territorial Legislature (1891 - 1898), a cabinet minister in the Haultain administration (1897 - 1898), and a Member of Parliament representing the Medicine Hat constituency (1908 - 1911). Fuel Controller during the Great War and sometimes chariman of Ontario Hydro and the Canadion section of the International Joint Commission, he also served on the Newfoundland Royal Commission of 1933. Magrath died in Victoria, British Columbia. April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Alexander Tilloch Galt Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt (September 6, 1822-September 19, 1911) was an English-born Canadian politician, and a father of Canadian Confederation. ... }|135px|City of Lethbridge, Alberta Coat of Arms]]}} {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Sunny South City of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Location. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Medicine Hat is a city of about 60,000 people located in the south-eastern part of the province of Alberta, Canada on the Trans-Canada Highway Number 1 and on the South Saskatchewan River. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... The International Joint Commission is an independent binational organization established by the United States and Canada under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Victorias Inner Harbour with the Provincial Legislature in the background. ...

He married Margaret Holmes White Mair in 1887. After giving birth to a son, Charles Bolton, in 1888, she died in June 1892 of complications following the birth of a daughter. (The baby died a few months later.) In 1899, he married Mabel Lillian Galt, a daughter of Sir Alexander and half-sister of Elliot Galt. Two daughters were born of this union: Amy and Laura. 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Magrath has been called The Father of Irrigation in southern Alberta. However, during his lifetime he was quick to ackknowledge the contribution of Charles Ora Card and the Mormon church, as well as that of Elliot Galt, to the development of irrigation in the Lethbridge region. Community of Magrath, Alberta named in his honour. Irrigating cotton fields Irrigation in the Heart of the Sahara Irrigation (in agriculture) is the replacement or supplementation of rainfall with water from another source in order to grow crops. ... The Salt Lake City temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the largest attraction in the citys Temple Square. ... Magrath, a city in the province of Alberta, Canada, has a population of about 1,700 people. ...