Lee Leavitt

Lorne Lee Leavitt (December 6, 1906 – January 13, 1984) was a teacher and a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1955 and a second stint from 1963 to 1971 sitting both times with the governing Social Credit caucus.

Lorne Lee Leavitt
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
August 5, 1952 – June 29, 1955
Preceded byArthur Wray
Succeeded byFrank Gainer
ConstituencyBanff-Cochrane
In office
June 17, 1963 – August 30, 1971
Preceded byNew District
Succeeded byDistrict Abolished
ConstituencyCalgary Queens Park
Personal details
Born(1906-12-06)December 6, 1906
Cardston, Alberta[1]
DiedJanuary 13, 1984(1984-01-13) (aged 77)
Political partySocial Credit
Occupationteacher, politician

Political career

Leavitt would run for a seat in the 1952 Alberta general election. He ran as a Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Banff-Cochrane. Leavitt easily won the district defeating two other candidates, including Independent Social Credit incumbent Arthur Wray.[2]

Leavitt ran for a second term in the 1955 Alberta general election. He was defeated in a hotly contested fight by Frank Gainer. Gainer ran under the Coalition banner as he was jointly nominated by the Liberals and the Progressive Conservatives.[3]

Leavitt would try and run for a seat to the House of Commons of Canada in the electoral district of Calgary North as a candidate for federal Social Credit in the 1958 federal election. He finished a very distant second place to incumbent Douglas Harkness.[4]

Leavitt would run again provincially for Social Credit in the 1963 Alberta general election in the electoral district of Calgary Queens Park. He won the district with just under half the popular vote defeating five candidates including future MLA Roy Farran.[5] He stood for his third term in office in the 1967 Alberta general election. His margin of victory dropped as he only took 42% of the vote. He defeated future MLA Eric Musgreave and two other candidates.[6] Leavitt retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the assembly in 1971.

References
  1. "Guide Parlementaire Canadien". 1971.
  2. "Banff-Cochrane Official Results 1952 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
  3. "Banff-Cochrane Official Results 1955 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
  4. "Calgary North election results". Parliament of Canada. March 31, 1958. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
  5. "Calgary Queens Park Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
  6. "Calgary Queens Park Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
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