George Edward Cruickshank | |
Birth Date: | 13 March 1877 |
Birth Place: | near Fara, Ontario[1] |
Death Place: | Blairmore, Alberta |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
Constituency: | Rocky Mountain |
Term Start: | June 19, 1930 |
Term End: | August 22, 1935 |
Predecessor: | Philip Christophers |
Successor: | Ernest Duke |
Party: | Independent |
Occupation: | politician |
George Edward Cruickshank (March 13, 1877 - August 30, 1962)[2] was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1935 sitting as an Independent.
Cruickshank ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1930 Alberta general election as an independent candidate. He defeated two other candidates with a solid majority to win the seat.[3]
Cruickshank ran for a second term in office in the 1935 Alberta general election. He was defeated by Social Credit candidate Ernest Duke finishing a distant fourth place in the field of four candidates.[4]