Alexander William Johnston (20 August 1869 – 15 June 1932) was a British-born soldier, businessman and politician.
[1] He served in the British Army in India and South Africa,[2] before being sent to New Zealand to work as a military instructor.
[1] In 1915 he was part of the first reinforcement contingent that arrived in Western Samoa during World War I.
[1] After leaving the army, he became branch manager of the Burns Philp company in Saluafata district.
[3] However, in 1928 he was appointed to the Council by the Administrator to replace elected member Olaf Frederick Nelson,[4] who had been deported.