George Lane (politician)
George Lane | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Bow Valley | |
| In office April 17, 1913 – May 26, 1913 | |
| Preceded by | New District |
| Succeeded by | Charles Richmond Mitchell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 6, 1856 Liberal |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Sexsmith |
| Children | 8 |
| Occupation | Rancher, businessman, politician |
George Lane (6 March 1856 – 24 September 1925) was an American-born Canadian politician and
Big Four who helped found the Calgary Stampede in 1912. In 2016, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.[1]
Lane was foreman at the Bar U Ranch and eventually returned in the early 1900s to purchase it for $250,000.[2] In 1885, he married Elizabeth Sexsmith and they raised eight children together.[3]
In the
Charles R. Mitchell
could regain a seat in the legislature.
Legacy
- Hall of Great Westerners, 2016
Election results
| 1913 Alberta general election: Bow Valley | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | George Lane | 396 | 61.78% | |||||
| Conservative | Harold William Hounsfield Riley | 245 | 38.22% | |||||
| Total | 641 | |||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Bow Valley Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Hall of Great Westerners". National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
- ^ Morrison, Elsie (1950). Calgary, 1875-1950 : A souvenir of Calgary's seventy-fifth anniversary. Calgary: Calgary Publishing Co. p. 135.[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 0-7712-1012-4.
External links
- George Lane and his home in Calgary
- Evans, Simon M. (2005). "Lane, George". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XV (1921–1930) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- George Lane – Legislative Assembly of Alberta Member Profile