Harry Leinweber

Harry C. Leinweber
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
January 19, 1961 – 1971
Preceded by Elizabeth Robinson
Succeeded by William Wyse
Constituency Medicine Hat
Personal details
Born January 6, 1907
Saratov, Russian Empire[1]
Died March 19, 1992(1992-03-19) (aged 85)
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Political party Social Credit
Occupation Insurance Underwriter

Harry C. Leinweber (January 6, 1907 – March 19, 1992) is a former insurance underwriter and a municipal and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1961 to 1971 sitting with the governing Social Credit caucus.

Political career

Leinweber served as a municipal Alderman for the city of Medicine Hat from 1944 to 1950 and ran for mayor twice but was unsuccessful.

Leinweber ran for a seat to the Alberta legislature for the first time in a by-election held on January 19, 1961 in the electoral district of Medicine Hat. He faced three other candidates in a hotly contested race, winning just under half the popular vote to win his seat in the legislature and hold the district for Social Credit.[2]

Leinweber stood for a second term in office in the 1963 Alberta general election. He improved his vote percentage winning over 51% of the popular vote in the district over three other candidates to win.[3]

Leinweber ran for his third and final term in the 1967 Alberta general election. He just barely held onto his seat winning over a fractured opposition. Leinweber won the district with just 40% of the popular vote defeating future MLA Jim Horsman.[4] He retired from the Legislature at dissolution in 1971.

References

  1. ↑ "Guide parlementaire canadien". google.com. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Gas City Seat To Socreds in By-election". The Lethbridge Daily Herald. January 20, 1961. p. 2.
  3. ↑ "Medicine Hat Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Medicine Hat Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
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