Frank S. Leffingwell
Frank Seth Leffingwell | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| In office April 17, 1913 โ July 18, 1921 | |
| Preceded by | District Established |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Conner |
| Constituency | Warner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 16, 1868 Liberal |
| Spouse |
Ida May Erdman (m. 1890) |
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Frank Seth Leffingwell (November 16, 1868 โ August 6, 1945) was a businessman, stone cutter, horse trader, real estate agent, officer of the law, as well as a municipal and provincial politician who was elected to public office in both the United States and Canada.
Early life
Leffingwell was born on November 16, 1868, in
Alberta
Leffingwell arrived in Warner, Alberta, to take part in the great land rush; they procured 150,000 acres (610 km2) of land, selling it all to arriving settlers. Leffingwell used his fortune to found the Warner Hotel in 1906. The hotel operated from 1906 to 1927 before it was destroyed by fire. He also helped fund the construction of the first church on the town site the Evangelical church in Warner, and established the Warner Cemetery. Leffingwell continued his active role in politics serving as the town's first mayor. He moved to provincial politics in 1913.[2]
Provincial politics
Leffingwell ran for the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1913 Alberta general election. In that election Warner had become big enough to have its own seat represented in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Leffingwell became the first member of the Warner, winning a hotly contested 3-way race. Leffingwell was re-elected to his second term in office in the 1917 Alberta general election with a comfortable plurality. He would suffer electoral defeat in the 1921 Alberta general election by Maurice Conner, a candidate from the United Farmers of Alberta.[2]
Leffingwell would run against Conner again in the 1926 Alberta general election, losing half the votes he had during the previous election. After Conner retired in 1935 he attempted to run for office one more time in the 1935 Alberta general election. This time he placed a distant third behind Social Credit candidate Solon Earl Low and James Walker.
References
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- ^ a b "Benton County Minnesota Office of Sheriff History" (PDF). Sheriffs Office of Benton County. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-12.