Samuel Fletcher (politician)
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Samuel Fletcher (died 1950) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba representing the Killarney constituency from 1920 to 1922.[1]
Fletcher worked as a farmer, and lived in Holmfield, Manitoba, where he served as a member of the West Derby School board.[2] He was then elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1920 provincial election, defeating Liberal incumbent Samuel M. Hayden by 396 votes. Fletcher was elected as a Farmer candidate, representing a movement that opposed the province's two-party system of Liberals and Conservatives.
He sat with the Independent-Farmer group in the legislature, and did not seek re-election in 1922.
References[edit]
- ^ Manitoba, Legislative Assembly of. "MLA Biographies - Deceased". gov.mb.ca. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
- ^ Goldsborough, Gordon. "Memorable Manitobans: Samuel Fletcher (1858-1950)". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
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