Lorne Proudfoot was a farmer, teacher and a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada.
21 Facts About Lorne Proudfoot
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Lorne Proudfoot served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.
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Lorne Proudfoot was born in 1880 on a farm outside of Vankleek Hill, Ontario.
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Lorne Proudfoot came out west in 1903, and attended normal school in Regina, Saskatchewan.
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Lorne Proudfoot later moved to Alberta and began his teaching career at a rural school near the towns of Carstairs and Didsbury.
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Lorne Proudfoot moved to Chinook, Alberta in 1909 and began farming.
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Lorne Proudfoot married his wife Hilda Mary Roberts in 1917.
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The group Lorne Proudfoot was a part of known formally as the Independent Political Association, Constituency of Acadia was affiliated with the Alberta Non-Partisan League.
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Lorne Proudfoot finished a distant third place losing to incumbent John McColl.
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Lorne Proudfoot ran for his second time in the 1921 Alberta general election as a candidate for the United Farmers of Alberta.
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Lorne Proudfoot won the two-person race with a landslide majority to pick up the district for his party.
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Lorne Proudfoot ran for a second term in office in the 1926 Alberta general election.
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Lorne Proudfoot ran for his third term in office in the 1930 Alberta general election.
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Lorne Proudfoot won the two way race easily over an Independent candidate.
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Lorne Proudfoot ran for his fourth term in office in the 1935 Alberta general election.
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Lorne Proudfoot was defeated in the three way race finishing a distant second losing to Social Credit candidate Norman James.
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Lorne Proudfoot eventually expanded his farming operation to 18,000 acres by the time of his retirement in 1962.
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Lorne Proudfoot continued to work in organizations to elect independent candidates in 1940,1944, and 1963.
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Lorne Proudfoot served on numerous local municipal boards, usually related to education and agriculture.
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Lorne Proudfoot was always an advocate of the "principles of cooperation" and worked hard to maintain the economic viability of the small village of Chinook.
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Lorne Proudfoot was secretary-treasurer of the Village of Chinook from 1943 to 1968.