Norman Hindsley

Canadian politician

Norman Hindsley
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary
In office
1933–1935
Preceded byHarold McGill
Succeeded byEdith Gostick
Ernest Manning
Fred Anderson
John Hugill
Personal details
Born(1886-02-11)February 11, 1886
Walsall, Staffordshire, England
DiedJanuary 30, 1966(1966-01-30) (aged 79)
Political partyIndependent
Occupationaccountant

Norman Hindsley (February 11, 1886 – January 30, 1966) was a Canadian politician, accountant and published author from Alberta.

Hindsley was born in Walsall, Staffordshire, England,[1] to Thomas and Lucy Hindsley.[2] He emigrated, arriving in Alberta in 1910.[3][4]

In 1927, Norman wrote a report Into the Advisability of the Establishment of a Forty-Eight Hour Working Week in Alberta the title was published by the University of Alberta.

Norman Hindsley was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in a hotly contested 1933 Calgary by-election after the resignation of Harold McGill. The by-election shaped up to be a tight race between Norman and Amelia Turner who ran under a combined Labor/Cooperative Commonwealth banner. Norman edged out Amelia to take the seat.

He served in the legislature until the 1935 Alberta general election as an Independent but did not run for re-election.

References

  1. ^ Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A), 1919-1924
  2. ^ 1891 England Census
  3. ^ 1921 Census of Canada
  4. ^ Normandin, A. L., ed. (1935). "The Canadian Parliamentary Guide". The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien. Ottawa: Mortimer Company Ltd.: 370. ISSN 0315-6168. OCLC 893686591. Retrieved August 9, 2020.

External links

  • Norman Hindsley – Legislative Assembly of Alberta Member Profile
  • University of Alberta Libraries, Author Hindsley, Norman
  • Norman Hindsley 1933 by-election platform
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Preceded by
Harold McGill
 MLA Calgary #6
1933–1935 		Succeeded by
Ernest Manning
Fred Anderson
Edith Gostick
John Hugill


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