- Albert Draper
Albert Earl Draper (
December 13 ,1897 in St. Mary's,Ontario –November 3 ,1963 ) was a politician inManitoba ,Canada . He served in theLegislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Progressive Conservative from 1955 to 1958.Draper was educated in
Elgin, Ontario , and worked as a farmer. DuringWorld War I , he served from 1915 to 1918 inFrance with the rank of Sgt. Major. His older son, Clarence Oscar Draper, was killed in action duringWorld War II .Draper was elected to the Manitoba legislature in a
by-election held onJune 27 ,1955 , defeating Liberal-Progressive candidateR.E. Moffatt by almost 700 votes in the constituency of Deloraine-Glenwood. He did not seek re-election in the 1958 provincial election, in which the Progressive Conservatives won aminority government .
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