Joseph M. Scruggs | |
Birth Date: | 30 May 1888 |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
Constituency: | Dunvegan |
Term Start: | June 18, 1959 |
Term End: | June 17, 1963 |
Predecessor: | New district |
Successor: | Ernest Lee |
Party: | Social Credit |
Occupation: | politician |
Joseph M. Scruggs (May 30, 1888 – March 20, 1964) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1963 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.
Scruggs ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1959 Alberta general election as a Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Dunvegan. He defeated three other candidates in a hotly contested race taking just under 40% of the popular vote.[1]
Scruggs retired from provincial office at dissolution of the Assembly in 1963.