19 Facts About Ivor Dent

Ivor Dent was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on February 7,1924.

Ivor Dent subsequently took work as an office boy for Canadian Pacific until he was accepted to the air force a year later where he served as a bombardier for three years.

Ivor Dent graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Science in 1949.

Three years later, he and his wife moved to Edmonton and Dent enrolled at the University of Alberta, from which he earned a Bachelor of Education.

Ivor Dent earned his third university degree, a Master of Administration, from the University of Alberta in 1956 and continued to teach.

Ivor Dent placed twenty-fifth of thirty candidates in the first ballot and was eliminated from contention on subsequent ballots.

Ivor Dent finished seventh out of nineteen, falling short of the top five placings needed to be elected.

Efforts during the 1959 and 1960 elections were similarly unsuccessful, and Ivor Dent took a two-year hiatus from politics, to earn his doctorate in educational administration from the University of Oregon.

Ivor Dent ran for the leadership of the newly formed Alberta New Democratic Party in January 1962, losing to Neil Reimer, but was elected party president.

Ivor Dent ran in the 1963 federal election in Edmonton East for the New Democratic Party.

Ivor Dent was finally elected to office in the 1963 municipal election, when he was elected to a one-year aldermanic term.

Ivor Dent was re-elected to a two-year term in the 1964 municipal election, in which he placed fifth of forty-six candidates, and in the 1966 election, in which he placed second out of forty-four candidates.

Ivor Dent was re-elected in 1971, when he survived a challenge from alderman Julian Kinisky, but his second term didn't go as smoothly as the first.

Hawrelak was elected and Ivor Dent finished in third place in a seven candidate race.

Ivor Dent attempted to reclaim his old office in the 1977 election, but finished in fourth place after the victor Purves, alderman Laurence Decore, and Terry Cavanagh.

Ivor Dent did not return to municipal politics, but ran in a 1986 federal by-election in Pembina for the New Democratic Party.

Ivor Dent was admitted as a Member to the Order of Canada in 1984, and was awarded the Alberta Centennial Medal in 2005.

Ivor Dent was defeated in a 1990 bid for the chairmanship of the Commonwealth Games Federation.

On March 29,2009 Ivor Dent died from Alzheimer's disease.