caption predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place children religion title profession birth_date term_start spouse signature image article_title term_end name
cornelius edmonton old timers ' association gallagher circa 1905 as a member of the herbert charles wilson john alexander mcdougall 27 october 1932 saint john , new brunswick edmonton , alberta 2 adopted children roman catholic 3rd council mayor of edmonton alderman on the edmonton town butcher december 31 , 1854 october 14 , 1896 december 9 , 1901 27 , 1896 january 13 , 1893 december exilda bourre cornelius gallagher signature.svg cornelius gallagher2.jpg cornelius gallagher -lrb- canadian politician -rrb-
 december 13 , 1897 december 14 , 1903 14 , 1896 january 14 , 1895 december cornelius gallagher
cornelius gallagher -lrb- canadian politician -rrb-

cornelius gallagher -lrb- december 31 , 1854 -- october 27 , 1932 -rrb- was a meat merchant and politician in alberta , canada .
he served as a municipal councillor and briefly as the third mayor of edmonton .
gallagher was born in new brunswick in 1854 , the son of an irish immigrant father .
after attending the schools of his birthplace , he moved west to winnipeg with his family , and became involved in the family meat packing business , established by his father .
he would soon move west again to what would later become the province of saskatchewan , where he would continue his business , providing his product to the local police establishments and soldiers during the north-west rebellion .
after his contracts expired there , gallagher would move again further west , to edmonton , where he would permanently settle .
in edmonton he established the developing town 's largest meat packing business , upon land atop the banks of the north saskatchewan river , overlooking the river valley .
he would also get involved with the city 's local politics , sitting on the edmonton town council in the 1890s and early 1900s .
in 1896 , after the incumbent mayor had resigned , the town council selected gallagher to briefly be the interim mayor until an election was held later that year .
he served one more aldermanic term , but retired after defeat in the 1903 and 1907 elections .
in 1911 , he would also retire from his meat business .
in retirement , gallagher lived on a lavish estate on land he owned atop the edmonton river valley until his death in 1932 .
