Leland Payson Bancroft | |
Term Start: | 1921 |
Term End: | 1925 |
Predecessor: | Thomas Hay |
Successor: | Hannes Marino Hannesson |
Birth Date: | 6 August 1880 |
Birth Place: | Walton, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Death Place: | Vancouver, British Columbia |
Profession: | farmer |
Party: | Progressive Party |
Riding: | Selkirk |
Term Start2: | 1926 |
Term End2: | 1930 |
Predecessor2: | Hannes Marino Hannesson |
Successor2: | James Herbert Stitt |
Leland Payson Bancroft (August 6, 1880 – February 27, 1951) was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1921 as a Member of the Progressive Party for the riding of Selkirk. He was defeated in 1925 as a Liberal-Progressive, but, won in 1926 and was defeated again in 1930. He died in Vancouver in 1951.[1]