Norman Hindsley (February 11, 1886 – January 30, 1966) was a Canadian politician, accountant and published author 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 ...

. Hindsley was born in

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located ...

, Staffordshire, England, to Thomas and Lucy Hindsley.''1891 England Census'' He emigrated, arriving in Alberta in 1910.''1921 Census of Canada'' In 1927, Norman wrote a report ''Into the Advisability of the Establishment of a Forty-Eight Hour Working Week in Alberta'' the title was published by the

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. Norman Hindsley was elected to the

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in a hotly contested 1933

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by-election after the resignation of Harold McGill. The by-election shaped up to be a tight race between Norman and Amelia Turner who ran under a combined Labor/ Cooperative Commonwealth banner. Norman edged out Amelia to take the seat. He served in the legislature until 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 ...

as an Independent but did not run for re-election.

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University of Alberta Libraries, Author Hindsley, NormanNorman Hindsley 1933 by-election platform
1886 births 1966 deaths People from Walsall English emigrants to Canada Canadian non-fiction writers Independent Alberta MLAs 20th-century non-fiction writers 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta {{Alberta-MLA-stub