Joseph Tweed Shaw
Joseph Tweed Shaw | |
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| Member of the Canadian House of Commons | |
| In office 1921–1925 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Tweedie |
| Succeeded by | Richard Bennett |
| Constituency | Calgary West |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| In office June 28, 1926 – June 19, 1930 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Mitchell |
| Succeeded by | John Mackintosh |
| Constituency | Bow Valley |
| Leader of the Alberta Liberal Party | |
| In office 1926–1930 | |
| Preceded by | John Bowen |
| Succeeded by | John McDonald |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 30, 1883 Independent Labour, Liberal |
| Occupation | politician |
Joseph Tweed Shaw (August 30, 1883 – July 12, 1944) was a Canadian politician. He served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1921 to 1925 as an independent Labour Member of Parliament (MP), and later became an MLA and leader of the Alberta Liberal Party.
Early life
Shaw was born at
Political career
He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the
Shaw sought re-election in 1925 as an independent candidate, and this time received unofficial support from the Liberal Party of Canada. He lost to Bennett in a rematch of 1921, and subsequently became affiliated with the Alberta Liberal Party. On April 21, 1926, he was chosen without opposition as leader of the provincial party. From his new position, he attacked Alberta's UFA ministry as the government of a class rather than of all the people.[4]
In the provincial election June 1926, Shaw led his party to a disappointing 7 seats out of 61. He was personally elected in Bow Valley. In those days, Alternative Voting was used to elect the MLAs in Alberta rural districts. In the first count, he came in second. In the second count, he picked up enough second choice votes from the eliminated Conservative candidate to pass the UFA candidate by one vote, amass a majority of the votes in the district and win the seat.
He served as an opposition member for the next four years. Although leader of the Liberal party, he never served as
He did not seek re-election in
He died four years later.
References
- ISBN 9781897472583.
- ^ A Report on Alberta Elections (1982)
- ^ Anthony Mardiros, William Irvine: The Life of a Prairie Radical, (Toronto: J. Lorimer, 1979), p. 112. The Canadian parliamentary website lists him as a Labour MP, but this is an error.
- ^ William L. Morton, The Progressive Party in Canada, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1950), p. 182.
- ^ Mardiros, p. 173.
- ^ Mardiros, p. 168.
External links
- Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
- Joseph Tweed Shaw – Parliament of Canada biography
- Joseph Tweed Shaw – Legislative Assembly of Alberta Member Profile
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