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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton
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| In office June 28, 1926 – September 5, 1934 |
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Alderman on the Edmonton City Council
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| In office December 8, 1924 – September 5, 1934 |
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| Born | November 11, 1877 Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales |
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| Died | September 5, 1934 (aged 56) Seault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
| Political party | Labour |
| Children | One son |
| Profession | Architect |
Charles Lionel Gibbs (born November 11, 1877; died September 5, 1934) was a politician in Alberta, Canada. The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. Edmonton provincial electoral district existed in two incarnations from 1905 - 1909 and again from 1921 - 1955 The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Newport (Casnewydd is a city and principal area in Wales, in the United Kingdom. Monmouthshire, also known as the County of Monmouth (Sir Fynwy is one of thirteen ancient counties of Wales and a former administrative county Sault Ste Marie (nicknamed "the Sault" or "the Soo" is a City on the St Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page He served as a municipal councillor in Edmonton from 1924 until his death and, concurrently, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 until his death. Edmonton (ˈɛdmɨntɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta.
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Early life
Gibbs was born November 11, 1877, in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales and was educated at Surrey and Oxford, training as an architect. Newport (Casnewydd is a city and principal area in Wales, in the United Kingdom. Monmouthshire, also known as the County of Monmouth (Sir Fynwy is one of thirteen ancient counties of Wales and a former administrative county Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, He immigrated to Canada in 1907, and established an architecture firm in Edmonton, Barnes and Gibbs, that same year. He also taught at the Edmonton Technical High School, and chaired the city's Parks Commission in 1912.
Politics
Edmonton municipal politics
Gibbs first sought elected office in the 1910 election, when he ran for alderman on the Edmonton City Council. The 1910 municipal election was held December 12 1910 for the purpose of electing a mayor and five aldermen to sit on the Edmonton City Council, as well as three public The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He finished ninth of eleven candidates, and was not elected (the top five were). After this, he did not seek election again until 1914, when he was elected as a school trustee. The 1914 municipal election was held December 14, 1914 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public He served his two year term in this position, but did not seek re-election at its conclusion.
In the 1924 election, Gibbs was elected as an alderman running on the Labour slate, finishing fourth of eleven candidates. The 1924 municipal election was held December 8, 1924 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s He finished first of twelve candidates in his 1926 re-election attempt, and was similarly re-elected in the 1928 (first of fourteen candidates), 1930 (second of twelve), and 1932 (first of fifteen) re-election attempts. The 1926 municipal election was held December 13, 1926 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school The 1928 municipal election was held December 10, 1928 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school The 1930 municipal election was held November 12, 1930 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school The 1932 municipal election was held November 9, 1932 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school While on city council, he participated in Labour's first de facto majority on Council (while Labour only had five aldermen - Gibbs, L. S. C. Dineen, James East, Alfred Farmilo, and James Findlay - a sixth, Rice Sheppard had been elected as independent labour candidate as was sympathetic to Labour's views). James East (born October 7, 1871; died June 23, 1940) was a politician and labour activist in Alberta, Canada. Rice Sheppard (born April 2 1861 died August 26 1947 was a politician and farmers' activist in Alberta, Canada. He was still in office at the time of his death.
Provincial politics
Gibbs sought provincial office as a member of the Labour Party in the riding of Edmonton during the 1926 provincial election. There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s Edmonton provincial electoral district existed in two incarnations from 1905 - 1909 and again from 1921 - 1955 The Alberta general election of 1926 was the sixth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. At the time, the riding had five seats, elected using a single transferable vote electoral system. Single transferable vote (STV is a preferential Voting system designed to minimize Wasted votes and provide Proportional representation On the first count, he finished ninth of eighteen candidates; however, on subsequent counts the redistribution of votes from defeated candidates made him the third of five candidates elected. He was re-elected in the 1930 election, when he finished third of seventeen candidates on the first count as was also the third of six candidates elected. The Alberta general election of 1930 was the seventh general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. He was still an MLA at the time of his death in 1934.
Death
Charles Gibbs died September 5, 1934, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, while on a tour of eastern Canada. Sault Ste Marie (nicknamed "the Sault" or "the Soo" is a City on the St Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec
References
- Edmonton Public Library Biography of Charles Lionel Gibbs
- City of Edmonton biography of Charles Lionel Gibbs
- History of labour's involvement in Edmonton politics from the Edmonton Bullet
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