| 词条 | William Morrison (Alberta politician) |
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| image = | imagesize = | | name = William Morrison | caption = | birth_date = April 24, 1891 | death_date ={{Death date and age|1970|1|1|1891|4|24}} | death_place =Medicine Hat, Alberta | birth_place = Megantic, Quebec | residence = | office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | constituency = Okotoks-High River | term_start = August 22, 1935 | term_end = October 5, 1935 | predecessor = George Hoadley | successor = William Aberhart | party = Social Credit | religion = | occupation = farmer, church minister, soldier and politician | branch = Royal Canadian Army | allegiance = Canada | battles = | serviceyears = | rank = Sergeant | unit = 5th Canadian Railway Troop and Edmonton Highlanders |commands = | awards = }} Rev. William Morrison (April 24, 1891 – January 1, 1970) was a farmer, church minister, soldier and politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for a short time in 1935 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government. Early lifeWilliam Morrison born on April 24, 1891 in Megantic, Quebec. His family moved west in 1906 and they settled at Okotoks, Alberta. He took his early schooling in Okotoks while helping his father run the farm. Morrison took his post secondary education at Robertson College he graduated in 1925. That year he was also ordained as a United Church Minister.[1] Morrison served several years in the Canadian Armed Forces attaining the rank of Sergeant. He served with the Edmonton Highlanders and the 5th Canadian Railway Troop.[1] Political careerMorrison ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as a Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Okotoks-High River in the 1935 Alberta general election. He defeated former cabinet minister George Hoadley and two other candidates with a landslide majority to pick up the seat for his party.[2] The first Social Credit caucus meeting saw Morrison sponsor a motion with John Hugill to confirm William Aberhart as party leader and Premier of the province.[3] He also decided to vacate his seat for the new Premier who did not have one. He did so along with Clarence Tade who vacated his seat for Charles Ross the new Minister of Lands and Mines. Aberhart convinced Morrison to resign so that he could take the seat and provide cabinet representation to southern Alberta to quell complaints about the lack of ministers for the region.[4] After resigning Morrison regretted his decision telling the press that he made his decision with to much haste and he did not have time to think about it. Backlash from Morrison's campaign supporters living in and around his home town in Blackie, Alberta spilled over to the federal election campaign being waged in the Macleod electoral district at the time. His supporters threatened to deliver half the votes that Morrison got in the provincial election away from Social Credit candidate Ernest Hansell to incumbent George Coote to ensure his re-election.[5] That support did not quite materialize, however, and Coote was defeated.[6] References1. ^1 {{cite news|title=Candidates Who Won Southern Seats For The Social Credit Party|publisher=The Lethbridge Herald|date=August 23, 1935|work=Vol XXVIII No 214|pages=1, 3}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1935&Constit=Okotoks-High_River| title=Okotoks-High River Results 1935 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 16, 2010}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=Aberhart Chosen Premier Designate|publisher=The Lethbridge Herald|date=August 28, 1935|work=Vol XXVIII No 218|pages=1–2}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=Denies Compulsion Used Oust Social Credit Candidate|publisher=The Lethbridge Herald|date=September 3, 1935|work=Vol XXVIII No 222|pages=1–2}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=Morrison Resignation Brings Rift|publisher=The Lethbridge Herald|date=October 11, 1935|work=Vol XXVIII No 255|pages=1–2}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Macleod Election Results|date=October 14, 1935|publisher=Parliament of Canada|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=6342|accessdate=May 1, 2010}} External links
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