13 Facts About Adolph Fimrite

Adolph Olaf Fimrite was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada.

Adolph Fimrite served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.

Adolph Fimrite grew up in an impoverished, fatherless family homesteading in the North country.

Adolph Fimrite ran for a seat for the first time in the 1952 Alberta general election as a Social Credit candidate.

Adolph Fimrite won the electoral district of Spirit River in a hotly contested race on vote transfers to hold it for the Social Credit party.

Adolph Fimrite ran for a second term in office in the 1955 Alberta general election.

Adolph Fimrite defeated two other candidates and was able to win over half the popular vote in his district.

Adolph Fimrite increased his majority running for his third term in office in the 1959 Alberta general election.

Adolph Fimrite faced three other candidates and tripled the vote of runner up Progressive Conservative candidate Charles Stojan.

Adolph Fimrite defeated two other candidates and won the district with nearly 70 percent of the popular vote.

Adolph Fimrite ran for a fifth term in the 1967 general election.

Adolph Fimrite held that position until the end of his political career.

Adolph Fimrite ran for re-election in the new district in the 1971 Alberta general election.