John Percy Page
| Succeeded by | district abolished |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | May 14, 1887 Rochester, New York |
| Died | March 2, 1973 (aged 85) Edmonton, Alberta |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Independent Citizen's Association (until 1952) Progressive Conservative (from 1952) |
| Spouse |
Maude Roche (m. 1910) |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence(s) | Normal School Queen's University |
| Occupation | teacher, basketball coach, politician |
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John Percy Page (May 14, 1887 – March 2, 1973) was a Canadian teacher, basketball coach, provincial politician, and the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.
Early life and education
Born in
In 1906, he accepted a teaching position at Rothesay Collegiate in Rothesay, New Brunswick. In 1907, he switched to the St. Thomas Collegiate Institute where he taught until 1912.
In 1910 J. Percy Page married Maude Roche, daughter of Gilbert Roche, of St. Thomas, Ontario. They had one daughter: Patricia Hollingsworth.
In 1912 Percy took a position in
Coaches Edmonton Grads
While at the McDougall Commercial High School in 1914-15 he was the coach of the senior girls'
Political career
In the 1940 Alberta election, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the Edmonton electoral district as a member of the Independent Citizen's Association, an anti-Social-Credit alliance of Conservatives, Liberals and others, of which he was a leading member.
He was re-elected in 1944. From 1945 to 1948, he was the Leader of the Opposition.
He was defeated in 1948, but was elected in 1952 as a Progressive Conservative. In 1952, he was appointed House Leader for the Progressive Conservatives. He was re-elected in 1955. He lost re-election in 1959.
From 1957 to 1959, he was also a trustee of the Edmonton Public School Board.
In 1959, he was appointed
Honours
In 1961, he was made a Knight of Grace of the
References
- ^ [1] Archived 2007-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
- "Legislative Assembly of Alberta biography". Archived from the original on February 11, 2006. Retrieved March 10, 2006.
External links
- John Percy Page at The Canadian Encyclopedia
- FrozenHoops.com History of basketball in Canada
