Samuel Calvert

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| name = Samuel Wesley Calvert

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1867|9|16}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1956|3|11|1867|9|16}}

| death_place =Edmonton, Alberta

| birth_place = Caledon, Ontario

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| 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

| religion =

| occupation = soldier and politician

| branch = Non-Permanent Active Militia

| allegiance = Canada

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| rank = Corporal

| unit = 19th Alberta Dragoons

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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.{{cite web| url= http://members.tripod.com/~Roughian/index-80.html| archive-url= https://archive.today/19990209062315/http://members.tripod.com/~Roughian/index-80.html| url-status= dead| archive-date= February 9, 1999| title= Canadian Orangeism and W. W. 1 part 2| publisher= Roughian| accessdate= July 11, 2010}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1935&Constit=Victoria| title=Victoria Results 1935 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 16, 2010}}

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

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Alberta Legislature Membership Listing]

Category:Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs

Category:20th-century mayors of places in Alberta

Category:1867 births

Category:1956 deaths

Category:Canadian military personnel from Ontario

Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta