Angus James Morrison (August 30, 1900 – October 26, 1952) was provincial-level politician in

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, Canada. Morrison was an active trade unionist and president of District 18 of the

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lltjournal.ca He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the

1940 Alberta general election The 1940 Alberta general election was held on March 21, 1940, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Despite its failure to implement its key policy, providing prosperity certificates to all Albertans, the Social Credit Part ...

defeating incumbent

Joseph Unwin Joseph Henry Unwin (September 15, 1892 – January 4, 1987) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1940 as a member of the Social Credit Party. 1935 election Unwin ran in the 1935 ...

in a hotly contested race. Unwin had been tried and convicted of libel and inciting murder, but his conviction had been reversed, in the Bankers Toadies trial. Morrison served one term in office and did not run again in 1944.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members ListingMembers Elected Alberta Gazette February 20, 1940
1900 births 1952 deaths Dominion Labor Party (Alberta) MLAs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta {{Alberta-MLA-stub