Samuel Calvert Explained

Samuel Wesley Calvert
Birth Date:16 September 1867
Death Place:Edmonton, Alberta
Birth Place:Caledon, Ontario
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Constituency:Victoria
Term Start:August 22, 1935
Term End:March 21, 1940
Predecessor:Peter Miskew
Successor:District abolished
Party:Social Credit
Occupation:soldier and politician
Branch:Non-Permanent Active Militia
Allegiance:Canada
Rank:Corporal
Unit:19th Alberta Dragoons

Samuel Wesley Calvert (September 16, 1867 – March 11, 1956) was a soldier and politician. He was mayor of Chipman, Alberta, and as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1940 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.

Early life

Calvert was a corporal in the 19th Alberta Dragoons, a cavalry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia.

Political career

Calvert began his political career by serving as Mayor of Chipman, Alberta.[1]

Calvert ran for a seat in the legislature in the 1935 Alberta general election as a Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Victoria. He defeated three other candidates with a large majority to pick up the seat for his party.[2]

Calvert did not run for a second term and retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1940.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Canadian Orangeism and W. W. 1 part 2. https://archive.today/19990209062315/http://members.tripod.com/~Roughian/index-80.html. dead. February 9, 1999. Roughian. July 11, 2010.
  2. Web site: Victoria Results 1935 Alberta general election . Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . April 16, 2010.