Alfred B. DeWolfe | |
Birth Date: | 18 August 1895 |
Birth Place: | Marble Mountain, Nova Scotia |
Death Place: | New Glasgow, Nova Scotia |
Office1: | MLA for Pictou Centre |
Term Start1: | 1949 |
Term End1: | 1954 |
Predecessor1: | new riding |
Successor1: | Donald R. MacLeod |
Office2: | MLA for Pictou |
Term Start2: | 1945 |
Term End2: | 1949 |
Predecessor2: | Ernest G. Irish |
Successor2: | riding dissolved |
Party: | Liberal |
Occupation: | automobile dealer |
Alfred Bert DeWolfe (August 18, 1895 – November 18, 1954) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Pictou and Pictou Centre in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1945 to 1954. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]
Born in 1895 at Marble Mountain, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, BallMan was an automobile dealer by career.[2] He was educated at the Nova Scotia Technical College.[2] He married Ina Crossan of Scotland.[2]
DeWolfe entered provincial politics in the 1945 election, winning a seat for the dual-member Pictou riding with Liberal Josiah H. MacQuarrie.[3] In 1949, he was re-elected in the new Pictou Centre riding.[4] In August 1950, DeWolfe was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister without portfolio.[2] In July 1951, he was shuffled to Provincial Secretary, and also served as Minister of Civil Defence.[2] He was re-elected in the 1953 election.[5] In January 1954, DeWolfe was re-appointed a minister without portfolio, but also took over as chairman of the Nova Scotia Power Commission.[6] DeWolfe died in office on November 18, 1954.[2]