Arthur Wellesley Ebbett (January 3, 1866 – April 2, 1929) was a lawyer and a provincial politician from

Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...

, Canada. He served as a member of the

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from 1917 to 1921 sitting with the Liberal caucus in government.

Political career

Ebbett ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in a by-election that was to be held on November 19, 1917, as the Liberal candidate in the Vermilion electoral district following the resignation of the

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Arthur Lewis Sifton on October 12, 1917. He was nominated to run under the party banner at a convention held on November 2, 1917. He was acclaimed on nomination day held November 15, 1917, when no other candidates came forward. Ebbett ran for a second term in office in the

1921 Alberta general election The 1921 Alberta general election was held on July 18, 1921, to elect members to the 5th Alberta Legislative Assembly. The Liberal government is replaced by the United Farmers of Alberta. It was one of only five times that Alberta has changed gov ...

. He was defeated in a landslide by United Farmers candidate

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
Alberta Liberal Party MLAs 1866 births 1929 deaths 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta {{Alberta-MLA-stub