John Amos Delisle (November 24, 1871 – December 27, 1940) is a former 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

Legislative Assembly of Alberta The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. Since 2012 the Legislative Assembly has had 87 members, elected first past the post f ...

from 1926 to 1930 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.

Political career

Delisle ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the

1926 Alberta general election The 1926 Alberta general election was held on June 28, 1926, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The United Farmers of Alberta government that had first been elected in 1921 was re-elected, taking a majority of the seats in ...

. He ran as the United Farmers of Alberta candidate in the electoral district of Beaver River. Delisle defeated incumbent Joseph Dechene to pick up the seat for his party. Delisle ran for a second term in the

1930 Alberta general election The 1930 Alberta general election was held on June 19, 1930, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The United Farmers of Alberta won election to a third term in government, and John E. Brownlee continued as premier. This pro ...

. The Beaver River district was the most closely contested race that year. On the first vote count Delisle finished seven votes ahead of Liberal candidate Henry Dakin, with the Independent candidate taking a few as well. With no one having a majority in the first count, the vote went to a second count. The second choice ballots of Independent candidate Luc Lebel were counted, and Delisle was declared the winner by 21 votes. The Liberal party challenged the results in court. On August 21, 1930 Judge Taylor conducted a judicial recount and declared Dakin elected by four votes. Delisle attempted to win his seat back by running against Dakin for the second time in the

1935 Alberta general election The 1935 Alberta general election was held on August 22, 1935, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The newly founded Social Credit Party of Alberta won a sweeping victory, unseating the 14-year government of the United Farme ...

. He and Dakin (and a Conservative candidate) were defeated, finishing second, third and fourth in the four way race, losing to Social Credit candidate

Lucien Maynard Joseph Lucien Paul Maynard (February 17, 1908 – February 7, 1996) was a lawyer and a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1955 as a member of the Social Credit Party. Maynar ...

. He died of a heart attack in 1940.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Delisle, John United Farmers of Alberta MLAs 1871 births 1940 deaths 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta