Hans Wight
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Hans Enoch Wight was a provincial politician from Alberta
, Canada
. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
from 1935 to 1937 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.
. He defeated incumbent Andrew Smeaton
and two other candidates with a landslide majority to pick up the seat for his party.
The Lethbridge Herald broke a story on August 25, 1937 that Wight was about to imminently resign his seat. On the same front page news was also broken about William Chant leaving the Social Credit caucus. The news paper had come under attack by Social Credit supporters forcing the paper to issue a news story standing by its claims the next day. Wight had denied that he intimated his plans for resigning.
Seven days later Wight made his formal announcement of resignation to the media on September 2, 1937 to accept a job as an engineer at a department store in Calgary
. He sent his resignation letter to speaker Peter Dawson by mail. Wight's resignation caused a controversy as more than a week after Wight announced his resignation the government was claiming that he hadn't resigned. After weeks of turmoil and charges of grandstanding and claims that the government was afraid of losing a by-election the government finally announced that it had accepted Wights resignation on September 14, 1937.
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Queen, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton...
from 1935 to 1937 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.
Political career
Wight ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as a Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Lethbridge in the 1935 Alberta general electionAlberta general election, 1935
The Alberta general election of 1935 was the eighth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on August 22, 1935 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....
. He defeated incumbent Andrew Smeaton
Andrew Smeaton
Andrew Smeaton was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 to 1935 sitting with the Dominion Labor caucus in opposition.-Political career:...
and two other candidates with a landslide majority to pick up the seat for his party.
The Lethbridge Herald broke a story on August 25, 1937 that Wight was about to imminently resign his seat. On the same front page news was also broken about William Chant leaving the Social Credit caucus. The news paper had come under attack by Social Credit supporters forcing the paper to issue a news story standing by its claims the next day. Wight had denied that he intimated his plans for resigning.
Seven days later Wight made his formal announcement of resignation to the media on September 2, 1937 to accept a job as an engineer at a department store in Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
. He sent his resignation letter to speaker Peter Dawson by mail. Wight's resignation caused a controversy as more than a week after Wight announced his resignation the government was claiming that he hadn't resigned. After weeks of turmoil and charges of grandstanding and claims that the government was afraid of losing a by-election the government finally announced that it had accepted Wights resignation on September 14, 1937.