A.E.Alexander as he was mostly called In 1891, elected 3rd Mayor of Campbellton This was not an easy year as it was the year that smallpox ravaged the Campbellton and Gaspe area He ordered that travel between the two areas be restricted He was 9 times re-elected between the years 1891 to 1902 He had 6 brothers and 4 sisters Born 1849 son of William Alexander died 1909 he married Lucy Walsh/Welsh who was born 1851 and died 1910 His son Charles A Alexander born 1880 died 1945 and he was married to Janet Campbell who was born 1879 and died 1966 His son John Francis was born 1893 and died 1894 A.E. was in the lumbering business His son Charlie operated the "Alexander and Sons Hardware" store and in 1918 Charlie himself became mayor of Campbellton He was such a good businessman he had such people as Dr. Daniel Murray, McGillevery McDonald and William Murray join him on the Town Council and they later all took turns becoming mayors of Campbellton. While he was Mayor, the town of Campbellton had their Electric Power Plant erected Council was always fighting with the "Shives" company who owned a Mill. Citizens signed petitions to have the Shives stack made safer because of the emitions from it. It was later ordered to install fire safety equipment or his mill would have to be shut down, after many warnings by Council, Shives sold his mill 1897 also brought the visit of Lord and Lady Aberdeen which meant a lot of preparation and work on the part of the City Council He was also involved in a heated issue involving the Restigouche and Western Railway and the Restigouche and Railway Bridge Company. After some heated discussions Mayor Alexander stormed out of the meeting and resigned In the summer of 1898, his resignation was accepted but 6 days later Mayor Alexander walked in and chaired a meeting. By August, he was back in the chair again and again some trouble stormed up between him and the councillors and they replaced him, after he vacated the chair with William W. Doherty an Irish millowner. About 1 1/2 year later he ran for mayor again and was elected again with a majority of only 1 vote Mayor Alexander put forward the town's first by-laws requiring building permits within the city in 1901 In 1902, Council gave the following names to Campbellton streets: Duke, Wellington, Argyle, Duncan, McMillan, Central Minto, Roseberry, O'Leary, BayView, Aberdeen, King, Pleasant Ritchie, Sugarloaf, Victoria, Union, Adam, Cedar, Andrew Stanley, Queen, Prince William, Water, Ramsey etc..... And 1902 was the last year Mayor Alexander was elected to his post