Alfred B. DeWolfe explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Electoral History for Pictou Centre. Nova Scotia Legislative Library. 2018-04-03.
  2. Book: Elliott. Shirley B.. The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. 2018-04-03. 1984. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. 0-88871-050-X. 54.
  3. Web site: Election Returns 1945. Elections Nova Scotia. 1945. 2015-05-03.
  4. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1949 . Elections Nova Scotia . 1949 . 59 . 2015-05-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518081248/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201949.pdf . 2015-05-18 .
  5. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1953. Elections Nova Scotia. 1953. 60. 2015-05-03.
  6. News: Cabinet reduced from 11 to 9 in Nova Scotia. The Globe and Mail. January 20, 1954.