Samuel Calvert

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Early life

Calvert was a corporal in the 19th Alberta Dragoons, a cavalry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia.[1]

Political career

Calvert began his political career by serving as Mayor of Chipman, Alberta.[1]

Calvert ran for a seat in the legislature in the 1935 Alberta general election as a Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Victoria. He defeated three other candidates with a large majority to pick up the seat for his party.[2]

Calvert did not run for a second term and retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1940.

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