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12 Facts About Alwyn Bramley-Moore

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Alywn Bramley-Moore was a provincial politician, author and soldier from Alberta, Canada.

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Alwyn Bramley-Moore served as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1913, as part of the governing Liberal caucus.

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Alwyn Bramley-Moore was the son of the Rev William Bramley-Moore, of 26 Russell Square, London, educated at Malvern College which he left in summer 1895.

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Alwyn Bramley-Moore homesteaded a farm near Lloydminster, Alberta, and had an interest in coal mine there.

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Alwyn Bramley-Moore ran for a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1909 Alberta general election as the Liberal candidate in the electoral district of Alexandra.

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Alwyn Bramley-Moore defeated the other candidate, future MLA James Lowery, in a landslide victory, taking 65 percent of the vote.

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Alwyn Bramley-Moore served only a single term in the provincial legislature, sitting in the back benches on the Government side of the Legislative Assembly.

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Alwyn Bramley-Moore called on the federal government to grant Alberta control of its natural resources and Crown lands.

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Alwyn Bramley-Moore described Alberta as a colony of the Phoenician type and not a colony of the Roman type.

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Alwyn Bramley-Moore though did not call for secession of the West.

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Alwyn Bramley-Moore retired from elected office at dissolution of the Assembly in 1913 and did not run for re-election.

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Alwyn Bramley-Moore was buried in the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.