Alfred John "Alf" Hooke was a teacher, politician and writer from Alberta, Canada.
28 Facts About Alfred Hooke
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Alfred Hooke served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit Party.
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Alfred Hooke held numerous cabinet portfolios in the government of Ernest Manning from 1943 to 1968.
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Alfred John Hooke was born on February 25,1905, in Whitecroft, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.
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Alfred Hooke's family moved to the province of Alberta in Canada in 1913.
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At the age of 13 Alfred Hooke left school and joined the work force as a hired hand.
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Alfred Hooke returned to school and completed his studies three years later.
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Alfred Hooke became a teacher in 1926 and remained one until his election to the Alberta legislature in 1935.
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Alfred Hooke joined the Social Credit movement at its beginning; he was familiar with William Aberhart through his work as a school teacher and became involved with Aberhart as a speaker on Social Credit theory.
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Alfred Hooke faced nine other candidates for the nomination and headed the polls on the first ballot, upon which six were eliminated.
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Alfred Hooke defeated incumbent MLA William Payne and three other candidates with a large majority.
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Alfred Hooke ran there in the election held that year and won a clear majority on the first ballot, defeating two other candidates.
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Alfred Hooke ran for a third term in the 1944 general election and won by a landslide.
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Alfred Hooke briefly held two cabinet portfolios when Manning appointed him Minister of Economic Affairs on April 20,1945.
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Alfred Hooke ran for a fourth term in the 1948 Alberta general election and was returned to office with another large victory.
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Alfred Hooke ran for a fifth term and won easily in the 1952 Alberta general election.
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Alfred Hooke stood for his sixth term in the 1955 Alberta general election.
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Alfred Hooke defeated two other candidates with a solid majority to return to office.
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Alfred Hooke kept the Municipal Affairs portfolio while the position of Provincial Secretary was assigned to Allen Patrick.
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Alfred Hooke ran for his eighth term in the 1963 Alberta general election.
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Alfred Hooke ran for re-election to his ninth term in the 1967 Alberta general election.
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Pundits at the time predicted Alfred Hooke had very little chance at re-election.
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Alfred Hooke faced two other candidates in the race, including Independent William Sinclair, who had been picked by federal Social Credit leader Robert Thompson to run against Hooke.
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Alfred Hooke held that portfolio for a year, after which he was appointed Minister of Lands and Forests on July 16,1968.
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Alfred Hooke ran for leadership of the Social Credit party in the 1968 leadership race; he finished last on the first ballot.
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Alfred Hooke retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the legislature in 1971.
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Alfred Hooke was the only one of the original 1935 caucus to serve continuously until Social Credit was defeated.
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Alfred Hooke died in 1992 from cancer at the age of 86.