Lionel R. Tellier was a provincial politician from 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...

, 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 1940 to 1944 sitting as an Independent.

Political career

Tellier ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1940 Alberta general election

Alberta general election, 1940

The Alberta general election of 1940 was the ninth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada, was held on March 21, 1940 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

 as an Independent candidate. He defeated incumbent Social Credit MLA Charles Holder

Charles Holder

Charles Garrett Holder was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1940 and 1944 to 1948 sitting both times as a member of the Social Credit caucus.-Political career:...

on the fourth vote count. The vote had Tellier running second on the first ballot but he came out ahead when the other preferences were counted.

Tellier did not run for a second term and retired at dissolution of the Assembly in 1944.

External links

• Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing