Robert L. Shaw (November 27, 1865 – January 22, 1930) was a 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 ...

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. Shaw was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in the

1909 Alberta general election The 1909 Alberta general election was the second general election held in the province of Alberta, Canada. It took place on March 22, 1909, to elect 41 members to the 2nd Alberta Legislature. The incumbent Alberta Liberal Party, Liberal Party led ...

. He defeated Conservative candidate J.K. Creighton in a landslide to become the first MLA for the new Stettler electoral district. As a Member of the Legislative Assembly, Shaw campaigned for a court house in Stettler, which was approved in 1913. Shaw would be re-elected to a second term in the

1913 Alberta general election The 1913 Alberta general election was held in March 1913. The writ was dropped on 25 March 1913 and election day was held 17 April 1913 to elect 56 members to the 3rd Alberta Legislature. Elections in two northern districts took place on 30 July ...

. He won that election with a plurality of just 21 votes over Conservative challenger George McMorris. Shaw would serve the remainder of his second term before retiring from provincial politics in 1917. Shaw moved to Vancouver following the death of his spouse in 1924. Shaw died in Vancouver on January 22, 1930, at the age of 64.

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* Alberta Liberal Party MLAs 1865 births 1930 deaths American emigrants to Canada 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta {{Alberta-MLA-stub