Arthur Henry Wray was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada.
20 Facts About Arthur Wray
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Arthur Wray served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1944 to 1952.
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Arthur Wray first sat with the governing Social Credit caucus and then as an Independent in 1946 after he was expelled.
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Arthur Wray won the electoral district of Banff-Cochrane in a tight race defeating Independent incumbent Frank Laut.
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Arthur Wray was trailing in second place on the first count.
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Arthur Wray lobbied Public Works minister William Fallow to begin clearing the provincial main and secondary highways that became impassable outside of the town.
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Arthur Wray dismissed a delegation from the town including Wray who went to Edmonton to meet with the minister.
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Arthur Wray lost the battle with the Cabinet to clear the roads.
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Arthur Wray continued to be a Social Credit government supporter, but tensions between him and his caucus and the ministry began to rise.
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Speaker Peter Dawson forced Arthur Wray to move by not recognizing him in the debate because he was not at his desk, which was now on the opposition side.
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Arthur Wray took his desk in protest but failed in his bid to return to the government side of the house.
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Arthur Wray was forced to move a second time when the Army, Navy, Air Force caucus objected to Wray sitting with them.
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Arthur Wray was moved to the other end of the opposition benches to sit with Veterans' and Active Force MLA William J Williams.
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Arthur Wray ran for re-election in the 1948 Alberta general election as an Independent Social Credit candidate.
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Arthur Wray faced Laut and former Cochrane MLA William King.
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The election was hotly contested with Arthur Wray finishing second on the first ballot.
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Arthur Wray ran for a third term in the 1952 Alberta general election.
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Arthur Wray was easily defeated by Social Credit candidate Lee Leavitt, finishing a very distant third place.
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Arthur Wray ran once more for a seat as an Independent candidate in the Calgary electoral district in the 1955 Alberta general election.
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Arthur Wray was not be much of a contender, finishing very distant in the field of candidates.