Gladstone Mansfield Ferrie (21 November 1892 – 4 July 1955) was a Liberal party

Liberal Party of Canada

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in Denver, Colorado

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, United States

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 and came to Canada in 1906. He attended Mew Hall School in England at Burton on Trent then became a farmer and livestock dealer by career.

Ferrie served in World War I

World War I

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 under the 2nd Engineers as a corporal. For 20 years, he was also a reeve of Invermay No. 305, Saskatchewan

Invermay No. 305, Saskatchewan

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He was first elected to Parliament at the Mackenzie

Mackenzie (electoral district)

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 riding in the 1949 general election

Canadian federal election, 1949

The Canadian federal election of 1949 was held on June 27 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 21st Parliament of Canada. It was the first election in Canada in almost thirty years in which the Liberal Party of Canada was not led by William Lyon Mackenzie King. King had...

 by defeating Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

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 incumbent Alexander Malcolm Nicholson

Alexander Malcolm Nicholson

Alexander Malcolm Nicholson was a Canadian clergyman, farmer and politician.Nicholson served as a United Church of Canada minister at Hudson Bay Junction, Saskatchewan and had a farm in Sturgis, Saskatchewan...

. After completing his only term in the House of Commons, he was defeated by Nicholson in the 1953 election

Canadian federal election, 1953

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