Clayton Adams (Alberta politician) explained

Clayton Adams
Birth Date:9 January 1882
Birth Place:Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Constituency:Edmonton
Term Start:August 17, 1948
Term End:August 5, 1952
Predecessor:Norman James John Page and William J. Williams
Successor:Edgar Gerhart, John Page, Joseph Ross and Harold Tanner
Alongside:Lou Heard, James Prowse Ernest Manning and Elmer Roper
Party:Social Credit
Occupation:politician

Clayton Adams (January 9, 1882 – November 23, 1963)[1] was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1948 to 1952 with the Social Credit caucus in government.

Political life

Adams ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the electoral district of Edmonton as a Social Credit candidate in the 1948 Alberta general election.[2] He won the second place seat to earn is first term in office. Adams did not run again at dissolution of the Legislature in 1952.

Adams died on November 23, 1963, at the age of 81.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Guide Parlementaire Canadien. Normandin, P.G.. Normandin, A.L.. The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien. 1952. P.G. Normandin. 0315-6168. 427.
  2. Web site: Edmonton Official Results 1948 Alberta general election . Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . April 23, 2010.
  3. News: Ex-Member of Legislature Dies at 81 . . November 25, 1963 . 26 . .