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Laudas Joly

Laudas Joly

Canadian politician


Laudas Joly (August 6, 1887 April 30, 1960)[1] was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1930 as a member of the United Farmers of Alberta and from 1952 to 1955 as a member of the Social Credit Party.

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Political career

Joly first ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as a United Farmers candidate in the 1921 general election. He defeated incumbent Prosper-Edmond Lessard in the electoral district of St. Paul to pick up the seat for his party.[2] He was re-elected in the 1926 general election.[3]

Joly was defeated in the 1930 general election by Liberal candidate Joseph Dechene by just 18 votes .[4] He ran again in the 1935 general election and was defeated by Social Credit candidate Joseph Beaudry.[5]

Joly ran once again in the new electoral district of Bonnyville in the 1952 general election, this time as a Social Credit candidate. He won the two-way race in a landslide.[6] He retired from the assembly at dissolution in 1955.

Electoral results

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Second-round swing reflects increase in vote share from the first round. Overall swing is calculated from first preferences.

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References

  1. "St. Paul Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  2. "St. Paul Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  3. "St. Paul Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  4. "St. Paul Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  5. "Bonnyville Official Results 1952 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  6. "Abheritage.ca — Electoral results for Bonnyville". Archived from the original on 2010-12-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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