Laudas Joly

Joly was born in 1887 to parents Anselme Phydime Joly and Corinne Therien in Ontario and moved to Alberta.

Joly first ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as a United Farmers candidate in the 1921 general election. He defeated incumbent Prosper-Edmond Lessard in the electoral district of St. Paul to pick up the seat for his party.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1921&Constit=St._Paul| title=St. Paul Official Results 1921 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 29, 2010}} He was re-elected in the 1926 general election.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1926&Constit=St._Paul| title=St. Paul Official Results 1926 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 29, 2010}}

Joly was defeated in the 1930 general election by Liberal candidate Joseph Dechene by just 18 votes .{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1930&Constit=St._Paul| title=St. Paul Official Results 1930 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 29, 2010}} He ran again in the 1935 general election and was defeated by Social Credit candidate Joseph Beaudry.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1935&Constit=St._Paul| title=St. Paul Official Results 1935 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 29, 2010}}

Joly ran once again in the new electoral district of Bonnyville in the 1952 general election, this time as a Social Credit candidate. He won the two-way race in a landslide.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1952&Constit=Bonnyville| title=Bonnyville Official Results 1952 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 29, 2010}} He retired from the assembly at dissolution in 1955.

{{CANelec/top|AB|1921|St. Paul (provincial electoral district)|St. Paul|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|United Farmers|Laudas Joly|1,378|58.34%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|Prosper-Edmond Lessard|984|41.66%| -24.99%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|2,362}}

{{CANelec/gain|AB|United Farmers|Liberal| +41.67%}}

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{{CANelec/top|AB|1926|St. Paul (provincial electoral district)|St. Paul|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|United Farmers|Laudas Joly|1,453|67.24%| +8.90%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|H. Montambeault|603|27.90%| -13.76%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Independent|E. McPheeters|105|4.86%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|2,161}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|151}}

{{CANelec/total|Electors / Turnout|3,252|71.09%}}

{{CANelec/hold|AB|United Farmers| +11.33%}}

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{{CANelec/top|AB|1930|St. Paul (provincial electoral district)|St. Paul|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|Joseph Miville Dechene|1,653|50.27%| +22.37%}}

{{CANelec|AB|United Farmers|Laudas Joly|1,635|49.73%| -17.51%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|3,288}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|149}}

{{CANelec/total|Electors / Turnout|4,776|71.96%| +0.87%}}

{{CANelec/gain|AB|Liberal|United Farmers| +19.94%}}

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{{CANelec/top|AB|1935|St. Paul (provincial electoral district)|St. Paul|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|Social Credit|Joseph Beaudry|2,567|46.88%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|Joseph Miville Dechene|1,963|35.85%| -14.42%}}

{{CANelec|AB|United Farmers|Laudas Joly|946|17.27%| -32.46%}}

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{{CANelec|AB|Social Credit|Joseph Beaudry|2,679|53.12%| +6.24%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|Joseph Miville Dechene|2,364|46.88%| +11.03%}}

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|colspan=2|No second preference

|align=right|433

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|5,476}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|180}}

{{CANelec/total|Electors / Turnout|6,876|82.26%| +10.30%}}

{{CANelec/gain|AB|Social Credit|Liberal| +30.65%}}

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Second-round swing reflects increase in vote share from the first round. Overall swing is calculated from first preferences.

{{CANelec/top|AB|1952|Bonnyville (provincial electoral district)|Bonnyville|percent=yes}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/year_result.php?Constit=Bonnyville |title=Abheritage.ca — Electoral results for Bonnyville. |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208183745/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/year_result.php?Constit=Bonnyville |archivedate=2010-12-08 }}

{{CANelec|AB|Social Credit|Laudas Joly|2,497|65.94%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|Irvin J. Baril|1,290|34.06%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|3,787}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|215}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible electors / Turnout|5,935|67.43%}}

{{CANelec/pickup|AB|Social Credit}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20101026192825/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]

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