John Irwin (politician)
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{other people||John Irwin (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = John Irwin PAA A3609.jpg
| imagesize =
| name = John Irwin Sr.
| caption =
| birth_date =October 10, 1869
| birth_place =Picton, Ontario
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1948|5|7|1869|10|10}}
| death_place=Victoria, British Columbia{{cite news |title=Funeral in Victoria for John Irwin |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MSpkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oXsNAAAAIBAJ&dq=john%20irwin%20calgary&pg=871%2C883112 |accessdate=30 September 2020 |work=Calgary Herald |date=May 8, 1948 |page=9}}
| residence =
| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
| constituency = Calgary
| term_start = June 28, 1926
| term_end = March 21, 1940
| predecessor = William Davidson, Robert Marshall, Robert Pearson and Alex Ross
| successor = William Aberhart, Andrew Davison and James Mahaffy
| party = Conservative
| religion =
| occupation = politician
| spouse =
| father = Henry Irwin
| mother = Mary Charlton Iriwn
| children = Leslie H., Ruth A., Fred P., Bessie, Hugh John
}}
John Irwin Sr. (October 10, 1869 – May 7, 1948) was a Canadian provincial politician from Alberta. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 to 1940 sitting with the Conservative caucus in opposition.{{cite journal |editor1-last=Normandin |editor1-first=A. L. |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide |journal=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien |date=1940 |publisher=Mortimer Company Ltd. |location=Ottawa |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame1940unse |accessdate=August 9, 2020 |issn=0315-6168 |oclc=893686591 |page=[https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame1940unse/page/383 383-384]}}
Early life
Irwin was born October 10, 1869, at Picton, Ontario, to Henry (Irish) and Mary Charlton Irwin (English). He was educated in Picton and later moved to Calgary where he married Annetta Brown and together had five children. Irwin was a businessman in Calgary, purchasing the 1903 Calgary Milling Company building on Stephen Avenue in 1912 and turning it into a grocery store specializing in fancy and imported foods.{{cite book |editor1-last=Field |editor1-first=Dorothy |title=Stephen Avenue and Area Historical Walking Tour |date=1995 |publisher=Alberta Community Development |isbn=0773208909 |page=23 |url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/3dfea578-504b-46a3-a3d6-78fefaf8a3d0/resource/f1b29cd2-50ef-447b-973e-28e50b5cc637/download/tour-calgary-stephen-avenue.pdf |accessdate=29 October 2020}} The Calgary Milling Company building has subsequently been designated a Provincial and Municipal Historic Resource under the Historical Resources Act.{{CRHP|9279|Calgary Milling Company Building (Municipal Designation)|October 29, 2020}}{{CRHP|3193|Calgary Milling Company Building (Provincial Designation)|October 29, 2020}}
Political career
Irwin ran for a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as a Conservative candidate in the electoral district of Calgary in the 1926 Alberta general election. He won the third place seat out of five in the eleven way race to earn his first term in office.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1926&Constit=Calgary| title=Calgary results 1926 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation| accessdate=September 25, 2010}}
Irwin ran for a second term in office in the 1930 Alberta general election. He was re-elected finishing in the third place seat once again.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1930&Constit=Calgary| title=Calgary results 1930 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation| accessdate=September 25, 2010}}
Irwin ran for a third term in office in the 1935 Alberta general election. He withstood the Social Credit landslide becoming one of the few incumbents to retain a seat. He took second place out of six seats available.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1935&Constit=Calgary| title=Calgary results 1935 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation| accessdate=September 25, 2010}}
Irwin retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the assembly in 1940.
John Irwin's grandson, also named John Irwin, served as Mayor of the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, Alberta.{{cite hansard|house=Legislative Assembly of Alberta|url=http://www.assembly.ab.ca/Documents/isysquery/99cb856d-af89-4658-823c-cb4a2cce6613/1/doc/19860626_1430_01_han.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703022315/https://www.assembly.ab.ca/Documents/isysquery/99cb856d-af89-4658-823c-cb4a2cce6613/1/doc/19860626_1430_01_han.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 3, 2022|date=June 26, 1986|page=243}}
References
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External links
- {{AlbertaMLAbio|ID=0178|2=John Irwin}}
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Category:Politicians from Calgary
Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs
Category:Calgary city councillors
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta