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Herbert Bealey Adshead was a farmer, author and a municipal and federal level politician from Canada

Canada

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Early life

Herbert Besley Adshead was born on October 17, 1862 just outside of Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

, England

England

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. He emigrated to
Canada in 1880 at the age of 16. He first settled in Kingston, Ontario

Kingston, Ontario

Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...

. Adshead graduated from Normal School in 1897. He married and moved west with his wife, Ellen Unwin. The couple would settle creating a homestead near Olds, Alberta. They moved to Calgary, Alberta, in 1912.

Political career

Adshead began his political career on the municipal level. He was elected to Calgary City Council in the 1912 municipal election and served two consecutive terms. He was elected once again in 1916, Mr. Adshead resigned his seat on council in 1917 December to contest the Mayoralty but was defeated by Michael Costello

Michael Copps Costello

Dr. Michael Copps Costello was a printer, a medical graduate and the 19th mayor of Calgary, Alberta....

. Adshead attempted a run at Alberta

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...

provincial politics. He ran in the 1921 Alberta general election

Alberta general election, 1921

The Alberta general election of 1921 was the fifth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on July 18, 1921 to elect members to the 5th Alberta Legislative Assembly....

in the Calgary

Calgary (provincial electoral district)

Calgary was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada that existed from 1905 to 1913 and was recreated from 1921 to 1959. The district returned from one to six members to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta...

electoral district. His bid for office was unsuccessful. He ran as an independent candidate and finished 14th out of the 20 candidates on the ballot.

Adshead would attempt a career at federal politics. He ran as a Labor candidate in the 1926 Canadian federal election

Canadian federal election, 1926

The Canadian federal election of 1926 was held on September 14 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 16th Parliament of Canada. The election was called following an event known as the King-Byng Affair...

. He was elected, defeating Incumbent Fred Davis

Fred Davis (politician)

Frederick "Fred" Davis was a farmer and a politician on the federal and provincial level in Canada.-Political career:...

. He served 1 term in the riding of Calgary East

Calgary East

Calgary East is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1953, 1979 to 1988, and since 1997...

until the 1930 Canadian federal election

Canadian federal election, 1930

The Canadian federal election of 1930 was held on July 28, 1930 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Canada...

when he was defeated by George Douglas Stanley

George Douglas Stanley

George Douglas Stanley was a politician and physician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1921 sitting with the provincial Conservative caucus in opposition and he also served as a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1930 to 1935...

Published works

Adshead was an accomplished writer. He wrote a book about his homesteading experience it was called Pioneer Days. He also wrote 3 other books Pioneer tales & other human stories published in 1929. The Akaitcho youth and unity published posthumously in 1964 and Akeeah: stone sculptor Baker Lake published posthumously in 1968.

External links

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