John A. Simpson
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John Adrian Simpson (born: 1854 Peel County, Ontario died: 1916) was politician and businessman. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.
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[edit] Early life
John was born in 1854. He married his wife in 1879 and had 5 children. John came out west to Alberta, and arrived in Calgary in 1890. He settled in central part of the province in the area that is now Olds, Alberta. He moved to Innisfail in 1891 and started a Lumberyard.
John served on the first municipal council in Innisfail.
[edit] Northwest Territories politics
John was elected to the Northwest Territories legislature in the Red Deer electoral district during the 1894 Northwest Territories general election defeating incumbent Francis Wilkins, and the founder of Red Deer Rev. Leonard Gaetz in a hotly contested election.
John was elected to his second term as a Northwest Territories MLA for Red Deer during the 1898 general election. He was re-elected beating out 2 challengers in another tight race.
John's third and final term would come in the new electoral district of Innisfail after some redistricting occurred during the 1902 Northwest Territories general election. He won the new riding and kept his seat by just 21 votes over challenger John D. Lauder.
[edit] Alberta politics
Simpson joined the Alberta Liberal Party when Alberta was created in 1905 and ran for the new Alberta riding of Innisfail during the 1905 Alberta general election, the provinces first general election. John ended up beating Conservative Sam Curry by just a single vote to win election to the new Legislature. He was appointed Deputy speaker during his time in the Alberta legislature.
He was re-elected to the Alberta Legislature continuing his string of small plurality's. He won the 1909 Alberta general election by just 67 votes.
Simpson was defeated running for his 3rd term in office in the 1913 Alberta general election by Conservative candidate Fred Archer. Archer beat him by just 10 votes to pick up the riding.
He died in 1916.
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| Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories | ||
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| Preceded by Francis Wilkins |
MLA Red Deer 1894-1902 |
Succeeded by District abolished |
| Preceded by New district |
MLA Innisfail 1902-1905 |
Succeeded by District abolished |
| Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| Preceded by New district |
MLA Innisfail 1905-1913 |
Succeeded by Fred W. Archer |
