Petrie Meston

L. Petrie Meston
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
June 17, 1963 – November 22, 1963
Preceded by New District
Succeeded by Roy Davidson
Constituency Three Hills
Personal details
Born 1914
Died November 22, 1963
Drumheller, Alberta
Political party Social Credit
Residence Three Hills, Alberta
Occupation politician

L. Petrie Meston (1914 - November 22, 1963) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in 1963 as a member of the governing Social Credit caucus. He also served as a municipal councilor.

Political career

Meston began his political career serving as a municipal councilor and Reeve for the town of Three Hills, Alberta.[1]

Meston ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1963 Alberta general election. He was nominated to stand as Social Credit candidate in the new electoral district of Three Hills on April 20, 1963.[2] In the election Meston defeated two other candidates by a wide margin to pick up the seat for his party.[3]

Meston died on November 22, 1963 in Drumheller, Alberta. He died before the first sitting of the 15th Alberta Legislative Assembly and never got to take his seat.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Social Credit Member Dies At Drumheller". The Lethbridge Herald. November 23, 1963. p. 2. 
  2. ^ "Meston Named At Three Hills". The Lethbridge Herald. April 20, 1963. p. 26. 
  3. ^ "Three Hills results 1963". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1963&Constit=Three_Hills. Retrieved April 26, 2010. 

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