Horace Greeley | |
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Member of the North-West Legislative Assembly for Medicine Hat | |
In office 1898–1902 | |
Preceded by | Edward Fearon |
Succeeded by | William Finlay |
Member of the North-West Legislative Assembly for Maple Creek | |
In office May 21,1902 –August 31,1905 | |
Preceded by | first member |
Succeeded by | legislature dissolved |
Personal details | |
Born | 1858 Hudson,New Hampshire,United States |
Died | 1935 Maple Creek,Saskatchewan,Canada |
Political party | Liberal-Conservative |
Occupation | merchant,rancher |
Horace Albertie Greeley (1858 - 1935) was a Canadian politician,who represented Medicine Hat from 1898 to 1902,and Maple Creek from 1902 to 1905,in the North-West Legislative Assembly. [1]
Born at Hudson,New Hampshire in 1858,he was a relative of American newspaper publisher Horace Greeley. [2] He moved to Canada in 1879,settling first in Fort Walsh and later at Maple Creek. [1] At Maple Creek he was manager of T.C. Power's general store,and later took up ranching. [1]
He was elected to represent Medicine Hat in the 1898 North-West Territories general election,and sat as a supporter of Frederick W. A. G. Haultain's government. [3] When the Medicine Hat riding was divided in the 1902 North-West Territories general election,Greeley ran in the new district of Maple Creek,winning reelection. [4]
When the legislature was dissolved following the creation of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1905,Greeley did not run for election to the new Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. [1] He then served as secretary and treasurer of Maple Creek's town government from 1906 to 1909. [1]