Petrie Meston Explained

L. Petrie Meston
Birth Date:March 20, 1916
Death Place:Drumheller, Alberta
Residence:Three Hills, Alberta
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Term Start:June 17, 1963
Term End:November 22, 1963
Predecessor:New District
Successor:Roy Davidson
Constituency:Three Hills
Party:Social Credit
Occupation:politician

Louis Petrie Meston (March 20, 1916 – November 22, 1963) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in 1963 as a member of the governing Social Credit caucus. He also served as a municipal councilor.

Political career

Meston began his political career serving as a municipal councilor and Reeve for the M. D. of Kneehill (now known as Kneehill County).

Meston ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1963 Alberta general election. He was nominated to stand as Social Credit candidate in the new electoral district of Three Hills on April 20, 1963.[1] In the election Meston defeated two other candidates by a wide margin to pick up the seat for his party.[2]

Meston died on November 22, 1963, in Drumheller, Alberta. He died before the first sitting of the 15th Alberta Legislative Assembly and never got to take his seat.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Meston Named At Three Hills. 26. April 20, 1963. The Lethbridge Herald.
  2. Web site: Three Hills results 1963. Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . April 26, 2010.
  3. News: Social Credit Member Dies At Drumheller. 2. November 23, 1963. The Lethbridge Herald.