| 词条 | James Harper Prowse |
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| image = | imagesize = | | honorific-prefix = The Honourable | name = James Harper Prowse Jr. | caption = | birth_date = November 3, 1913 | birth_place = Taber, Alberta, Canada | death_date ={{Death date and age|1976|9|27|1913|11|3}} | residence = | office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | constituency = Army | term_start = February 5, 1945 | term_end = August 17, 1948 | constituency1 = Edmonton | term_start1 = August 17, 1948 | term_end1 = June 18, 1959 | predecessor1 = Norman James, John Page and William J. Williams | alongside1 = Clayton Adams, Lou Heard, Elmer Roper, Ernest Manning, Harold Tanner, Edgar Gerhart, J. Donovan Ross and Abe Miller | successor1 = District abolished | office2 = Leader of the Alberta Liberal Party | term_start2 =June 26, 1947 | term_end2 = 1958 | predecessor2 = Wesley Stambaugh | successor2= Grant MacEwan | office3 = Canadian Senator | constituency3 =Edmonton, Alberta | term_start3 =February 24, 1966 | term_end3 = September 27, 1976 | party = Alberta Liberal federal Liberal | otherparty = Independent | religion = | spouse = | children = | occupation = politician, lawyer and service man | branch = Royal Canadian Army | allegiance = Canada | battles = World War II | serviceyears = 1940–1945 | rank = Captain | unit = | commands = | awards = }} James Harper Prowse Jr. (November 3, 1913 – September 27, 1976), was a politician, barrister and solicitor from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1945 to 1959, first as an independent and then as a Liberal. He led the Alberta Liberal Party from 1948 to 1958 and served as a senator from 1966 until his death in 1976. Early lifeJames Harper Prowse Jr. was born in Taber, Alberta, on November 3, 1913. He took his post-secondary education at the University of Alberta. World War IIProwse enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1940. He served five years overseas during the Second World War, mostly in the Italian Campaign, and rose to the rank of captain. He was wounded twice during combat. His army career ended after he was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1945 service vote.[1] Provincial politicsProwse had been introduced to politics at a young age when his father, James Harper Prowse Sr., ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1926 general election in the electoral district of Taber.[2] Prowse first ran for a seat in the legislature in the 1945 serviceman vote that was the last stage of the general election held the previous year. He ran as a candidate in the army vote and won the polls with 17% of the popular vote over 21 other candidates on February 5, 1945. The vote was non-partisan so Prowse sat as an independent in the legislature.[3] After winning the election and returning to Edmonton, Prowse became a journalist for the Edmonton Bulletin.[4] He crossed the floor to the Liberals after announcing his intention to run for the leadership of the party on April 10, 1947. He said of his decision, "The political situation has reached a point where there is no longer any advantage to be gained by remaining neutral."[5] Prowse was elected leader of the party on the first ballot at the Liberals' annual convention on June 26, 1947.[1] The convention was attended by 476 delegates. He defeated two other candidates, Jonathan Wheatly and Joseph Tremblay.[6] The serviceman seats were abolished after the end of the Second World War, and Prowse decided to contest a seat in the Edmonton electoral district in the 1948 Alberta election. He took the fourth of five seats in the multi-member district.[7] The Liberal party won one other seat besides his own and took 17% of the popular vote. In the 1952 Alberta general election Prowse won the second seat in Edmonton.[8] He led the Liberals to four seats and 22% of the popular vote. In the 1955 general election the Liberals made their best showing in decades, winning 15 seats and earning 31% of the popular vote. Prowse again took the second seat in Edmonton.[9] Prowse stepped down as leader of the Liberal party in 1958 and retired from the legislature at dissolution in 1959. He then ran for mayor of Edmonton in the 1959 municipal election; he lost to Elmer Roper.[10] Federal politicsProwse first ran for a seat to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1962 federal election in the electoral district of Edmonton West as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada. He finished a close second to incumbent Marcel Lambert and ahead of former Member of Parliament Orvis Kennedy.[11] The minority parliament was dissolved less than a year later and so came the 1963 federal election. Prowse ran again in Edmonton West but still finished behind Lambert.[12] Prowse was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the advice of Prime Minister Lester Pearson in 1967. He represented Edmonton there until his death on September 27, 1976.[13] References1. ^1 {{cite news|title=Liberal Leader|date=June 26, 1947|publisher=Winnipeg Free Press|page=1|work=Vol 54. No. 231}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1926&Constit=Taber| title=Taber Official Results 1926 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 29, 2010}} 3. ^{{cite news|publisher=Calgary Herald|date=February 6, 1945|pages=2|title=Two Calgarians Win Elections For Servicemen}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=Alberta Liberal Leader|page=4|publisher=The Lethbridge Herald|date=June 26, 1947|work=Vol XL No. 164}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=Prowse is Candidate for Liberal Leader|page=1|date=April 10, 1947|publisher=The Lethbridge Herald|work=Vol XL No. 99}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=Return Safe Stable Govt. Prowse Aim |page=1|publisher=The Lethbridge Herald|date=June 26, 1947|work=Vol XL No. 164}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1948&Constit=Edmonton| title=Edmonton Official Results 1948 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 29, 2010}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1952&Constit=Edmonton| title=Edmonton Official Results 1952 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 29, 2010}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1955&Constit=Edmonton| title=Edmonton Official Results 1955 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 29, 2010}} 10. ^{{cite web|title=Election Results 1945 - 2007 |publisher=City of Edmonton |url=http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Election_Results_1945_-_2007.doc |page=33 |accessdate=April 23, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215014547/http://edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Election_Results_1945_-_2007.doc |archivedate=December 15, 2010 |df= }} 11. ^{{cite web|title=Edmonton West Election Results|publisher=Parliament of Canada|date=June 18, 1962|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=1160|accessdate=May 2, 2010}} 12. ^{{cite web|title=Edmonton West Election Results|publisher=Parliament of Canada|date=April 8, 1963|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=1252|accessdate=May 2, 2010}} 13. ^{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=10562|nolist=yes}} External links
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