Waldron Lavers | |
Office: | MLA (Councillor) for 5th Kings |
Predecessor: | George J. Ferguson |
Successor: | Lowell Johnston |
Term Start: | 1974 |
Term End: | 1978 |
Birth Date: | 1 February 1911 |
Birth Place: | Georgetown, Prince Edward Island |
Death Place: | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
Party: | Liberal |
James Waldron Lavers (February 1, 1911 – July 4, 1979) was a Canadian politician and judicial clerk. He represented 5th Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1974 to 1978 as a Liberal.[1]
Waldron was born in 1911 in Georgetown, Prince Edward Island.[1] He married Lillian Blanche Walker in 1936.[1] From 1947 to 1974, Lavers worked as a judicial clerk.[1] He also served on Georgetown Town Council, and was deputy mayor.[1]
Lavers entered provincial politics in the 1974 election, defeating Progressive Conservative Lowell Johnston by 108 votes to become councillor for the electoral district of 5th Kings.[2] Lavers was defeated by Johnston when he ran for re-election in 1978.[3]
Lavers died in Charlottetown on July 4, 1979.[1]