| Joseph Lucien Paul Maynard | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| In office August 22, 1935 – August 17, 1948 |
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| Preceded by | Henry Dakin |
| Succeeded by | Harry Lobay |
| Constituency | Beaver River |
| In office August 17, 1948 – June 29, 1955 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Holder |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Soetaert |
| Constituency | St. Albert |
| Minister without Portfolio | |
| In office May 12, 1936 – January 20, 1937 |
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| Minister of Municipal Affairs | |
| In office January 20, 1937 – June 1, 1943 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Cockroft |
| Succeeded by | Clarence Gerhart |
| Attorney General | |
| In office June 1, 1943 – August 2, 1955 |
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| Preceded by | John Hugill |
| Succeeded by | Ernest Manning |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 17, 1908 Montreal, Quebec |
| Died | February 7, 1996 (aged 87) Edmonton, Alberta |
| Political party | Social Credit |
| Occupation | lawyer, politician |
Joseph Lucien Paul Maynard (February 17, 1908 – February 7, 1996)[1] was a lawyer and a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served a long career as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1955 sitting with the governing Social Credit caucus.
Maynard served as a cabinet minister under Premier's William Aberhart and Ernest Manning serving various portfolio's from 1936 to 1955.
Maynard ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1935 Alberta general election. He ran in the Beaver River electoral district as the candidate for Social Credit and won easily defeating three other candidates including incumbent Henry Dakin and former MLA John Delisle.[2]
Maynard along with the Social Credit party swept into office to form government. Premier William Aberhart appointed Maynard to the Executive Council of Alberta as a Minister without portfolio on May 12, 1936. Less than a year later Aberhart promoted Maynard to serve as Minister of Municipal Affairs on January 20, 1937.
With ministerial incumbency Maynard would run for a second term in the 1940 Alberta general election. He would be returned to office with a larger popular vote winning easily.[3]
After the election Maynard continued to hold his portfolio until June 1, 1943 when new Premier Ernest Manning promoted Maynard to Attorney General. Less than a year later Maynard would stand for a third term in office in the 1944 general election. He once again increased the size of his majority to return to office.[4]
Maynard continued in cabinet with the Attorney General portfolio in his fourth term in office. He ran for a fifth term, this time running in the St. Albert electoral district for the 1948 Alberta general election. He would win the election easily defeating two other candidates including former MLA Omer St. Germain.[5]
Maynard ran for a fifth term in office in the 1952 Alberta general election. This was the first time in his political career that he did not win a clear majority on the first count. He hung on to win in the second count having a bare majority of second preference votes over Liberal candidate Arthur Soetaert.[6]
Soetaert and Maynard would face each other again in the 1955 Alberta general election. This time Soetaert would come out on top of the crowded field of five candidates to defeat Maynard.[7] Maynard's defeat would left the Social Credit government without any lawyers in caucus forcing Premier Ernest Manning to take the Attorney General position.
Maynard attempted a return to politics by running as a candidate in the electoral district of Edmonton East for the federal Social Credit party in the 1962 federal election. He finished a distant second to Progressive Conservative incumbent William Skoreyko.[8] The minority parliament that was elected in 1962 dissolved a year later forcing the 1963 federal election. Maynard ran against Skoreyko for the second time but finished this time finished a distant third place.[9]
Many years later Maynard would run in a provincial by-election as an Independent candidate held in the Edmonton-Whitemud electoral district on December 11, 1985. He finished a distant fifth place out of six candidates losing to Premier Don Getty.[10]
Maynard would make a last run at federal politics running in the 1988 Canadian federal election as a candidate for the Confederation of Regions in the Edmonton Northwest electoral district. He finished a distant sixth out of seventh place, losing to incumbent Murray Dorin.[11]