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Charles Holder

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Charles Garrett Holder
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
August 22, 1935 – March 21, 1940
Preceded byOmer St. Germain
Succeeded byLionel Tellier
ConstituencySt. Albert
In office
August 8, 1944 – August 17, 1948
Preceded byLionel Tellier
Succeeded byLucien Maynard
Personal details
BornAugust 14, 1874
Battersea, Ontario
DiedFebruary 19, 1962(1962-02-19) (aged 87)
Busby, Alberta
Political partySocial Credit
Occupationpolitician

Charles Garrett Holder (1874-1962) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1940 and from 1944 to 1948 as a member of the Social Credit caucus.

Political career

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Holder ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1935 general election, as a Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of St. Albert. He defeated incumbent Omer St. Germain to pick up the seat for his party.[1]

Holder ran for a second term in the 1940 general election. He was defeated by independent candidate Lionel Tellier on the fourth count.[2]

Holder was nominated to run for Social Credit again at a convention held in Morinville on February 9, 1944.[3] He ran in the general election held that year and won on the second vote count.[4] He retired from the assembly at dissolution in 1948.

References

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  1. ^ "St. Albert Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
  2. ^ "St. Albert Results 1940 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
  3. ^ "S.C. Candidate". The Lethbridge Herald. February 9, 1944. p. 9.
  4. ^ "St. Albert Results 1944 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
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