Patrick Harvey Ashby
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Patrick Harvey Ashby (born: October 17, 1890, Sussex, England - died: ) was a farmer, rancher, father, Hudson's Bay employee, soldier, sniper and Canadian federal politician.
Ashby joined the Canadian Forces and served overseas in World War I from 1914 to 1918.
Ashby first ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons as a candidate from the Social Credit candidate in the 1945 federal election. He defeated incumbent Member of Parliament Cora Taylor Casselman. Ashby left the Social Credit party at the dissolution of Parliament on June 26, 1949. He would run for re-election in the 1949 federal election under the Independent Social Credit banner. Ashby would be defeated by Liberal candidate Albert Frederick Macdonald, and did not attempt to return to federal politics.
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| Preceded by Cora Taylor Casselman |
Member of Parliament Edmonton East 1945-1949 |
Succeeded by Albert Frederick Macdonald |
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