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    Oran Leo "Tony" McPherson (April 12, 1886 – May 23, 1949) was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (Canada) for Little Bow from 1921 to 1935...
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    only 35% of the population turning out. James McNaughton was handily defeated by future speaker Oran McPherson from the United Farmers of Alberta in the 1921...
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  • singer Oran Kearney (born 1978), Northern Irish professional football player and manager Oran McPherson (1886–1949), Canadian politician Oran Thaddeus...
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    Premier; besides Brownlee's resignation, longtime Minister of Public Works Oran McPherson was in the midst of a scandalous divorce and had also left cabinet,...
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  • Attorney General's office. This and another scandalous divorce by UFA MLA Oran McPherson, speaker of the Legislative Assembly, gave the United Farmers an image...
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    branch of the Trans-Canada through Calgary. Minister of Public Works Oran McPherson in 1934 announced that the section between Bow Island and Medicine Hat...
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  • (1999–2004) Annette Lu – former vice-president of Taiwan (2000–2008) Oran McPherson – former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta; Minister of...
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    evidence of scandal and malfeasance, including the sensational divorce of Oran McPherson. He was aided in these attacks by the unabashedly Liberal Edmonton Bulletin...
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    he defeated United Farmers Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Oran McPherson by 66% of the vote. In 1937, Dawson was appointed Speaker of the Legislative...
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    Alberta candidate Oran McPherson. McPherson became Speaker of the Legislature in 1922. He was re-elected to his second term in 1926 defeating McNaughton for...
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    great grandson is musician Mac DeMarco, whose birth name—Vernor Winfield McBriare Smith IV—was chosen in honour of the elder Smith. United Farmers swing...
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    of Alberta In office February 10, 1927 – July 22, 1935 Preceded by Oran McPherson Succeeded by Nathan Eldon Tanner Member of the Legislative Assembly...
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    The Speaker was Oran McPherson. Premier Herbert Greenfield nominated the government's preferred candidate for speaker, Oran McPherson, only to have one...
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  • for Redcliff (1880–1928) February 17, 1920 July 18, 1921 Liberal 3 Oran McPherson MLA for Little Bow (1886–1949) February 2, 1922 May 25, 1926 United...
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    Greenfield nominated the government's preferred candidate for speaker, Oran McPherson, only to have one of his backbenchers, Alex Moore, nominate Independent...
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    profile divorce proceeding of Brownlee's Minister of Public Works, Oran McPherson. Brownlee made a series of sharp turns and reversals, in an effort to...
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    following winter Brownlee met and began to court Florence Edy, an arts student at McMaster College. In the summer of 1909, Edy moved with her family to Calgary;...
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    George Johnston, George MacLachlan, William Shield, Donald Cameron, Oran McPherson, and Austin Claypool—approached Brownlee to advise him that they planned...
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    Alex Ross Minister of Public Works August 13, 1921 December 30, 1926 Oran McPherson December 31, 1926 July 9, 1934 Vernor Smith Minister of Railways and...
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  • (1925–1934) John Edward Brownlee Perren Baker Frank Grisdale George Hoadley John Lymburn Oran McPherson Irene Parlby Richard Gavin Reid Alex Ross Vernor Smith...
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    Perren Baker (category McMaster University alumni)
    (1925–1934) John Edward Brownlee Perren Baker Frank Grisdale George Hoadley John Lymburn Oran McPherson Irene Parlby Richard Gavin Reid Alex Ross Vernor Smith...
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    (1925–1934) John Edward Brownlee Perren Baker Frank Grisdale George Hoadley John Lymburn Oran McPherson Irene Parlby Richard Gavin Reid Alex Ross Vernor Smith...
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    federal election. MLA C.W. Cross was elected in the federal election. William McCartney Davidson, Calgary Independent MLA, was another one of those who had...
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    three remaining candidates. There were two remaining open seats. Bowlen and McGill, being the top two of the remaining three candidates, were declared elected...
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    United Farmers   Lethbridge Andrew Smeaton Dominion Labor   Little Bow Oran McPherson United Farmers   Macleod William Shield United Farmers   Medicine Hat...
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  • 10, 1934 July 13, 1934 Reid Minister of Public Works United Farmers Oran McPherson December 31, 1926 July 9, 1934 Brownlee Minister of Public Works   Dominion...
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    (1974). The Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of Social Credit in Alberta. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited. ISBN 0-7710-1015-X. Elliott, David R.; Miller...
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    Retrieved 2 June 2022. Cavanaugh 2000, pp. 102–103 McKinlay 1953, p. 2 MacEwan 1975, p. 147 McKinlay 1953, p. 4 McKinlay 1953, p. 6 "Irene Marryat Parlby – Celebrating...
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    won a hotly contested and very close election against Liberal candidate M. McHardy. He served his first term in the Legislative Assembly in the opposition...
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    Rules, Orders and Forms of Proceedings. Charles Steuart Pingle married Jean McLeay, originally from Ontario, on September 16, 1903. Her parents were both...
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