Albert Ewing
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Albert Freeman Ewing (born: Jun 1870, Pilkington Township, Wellington County, Ontario - died: ) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada.
Ewing first ran for the Alberta Legislature as the only Conservative candidate in the 1909 Alberta general election running in the Edmonton district. He would be defeated finishing 3rd out of 4 candidates in the Block vote that elected Liberals Charles Cross and John Alexander McDougall.
Ewing would run in his second attempt to gain a seat in the provincial legislature in a ministerial by-election held on May 27, 1912. Ewing was first elected to the Alberta Legislature on his 3rd attempt in the 1913 Alberta general election as a candidate from the Conservative Party. He would be elected to the second seat in the block vote by a very slim margin over Alexander Grant MacKay.
For the 1917 Alberta general election The Edmonton riding would be divided up into 3 single member constituencies, Ewing would run in the district of Edmonton West. He would defeat Liberal candidate William Thomas Henry to keep his seat in the legislature and win the new district.
Edmonton would again be re-constituted into a single riding in the 1921 Alberta general election Ewing would attempt to win his seat under the new Block vote system. He would finish 7 in the field of 26 candidates and be defeated.
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| Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Charles Wilson Cross John Alexander McDougall |
MLA Edmonton 1913–1917 |
Succeeded by Andrew McLennan John C. Bowen Nellie McClung John R. Boyle Jeremiah Heffernan |
| Preceded by New District |
MLA Edmonton West 1917–1921 |
Succeeded by Stanley Geldart |
