Alexander Vidal (August 4 1819 - December 18 1906) was an Ontario land surveyor, banker and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada for Sarnia division from 1873 to 1906. He was born in Bracknell, Berkshire, England in 1819, the son of a captain in the Royal Navy. Vidal studied at the Royal Mathematical School at Christ's Hospital in London and came to Upper Canada with his family in 1834. Wikipedia
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