Laudas Joly (August 6, 1887 – April 30, 1960) was a politician from

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, Canada. He served in the

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from 1921 to 1930 as a member of the United Farmers of Alberta and from 1952 to 1955 as a member of the Social Credit Party.

Personal

Joly was born in 1887 to parents Anselme Phydime Joly and Corinne Therien in Ontario and moved to Alberta.

Political career

Joly first ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as a United Farmers candidate in the 1921 general election. He defeated incumbent

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in the electoral district of

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to pick up the seat for his party. He was re-elected in the 1926 general election. Joly was defeated in the 1930 general election by Liberal candidate Joseph Dechene by just 18 votes . He ran again in the 1935 general election and was defeated by Social Credit candidate

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. Joly ran once again in the new electoral district of

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in the 1952 general election, this time as a Social Credit candidate. He won the two-way race in a landslide. He retired from the assembly at dissolution in 1955.

Electoral results

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References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Joly, Laudas Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs United Farmers of Alberta MLAs 1887 births 1960 deaths Franco-Ontarian people Franco-Albertan people 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta