Abe William Miller (March 25, 1897 – September 30, 1964) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served in office on both civic and provincial levels of government in the province of

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. He served as an Alderman for the city of

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from 1951 to 1957 and as a member of the

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from 1955 to 1959 sitting as a member of the Liberal caucus in opposition.

Early life

Abe William Miller was born in

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in 1897. He moved with his family to Canada in 1899 and later settled in the Edmonton area in 1914. He attended post secondary education at the

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graduating in 1925 becoming a lawyer.

Political career

Municipal

Miller ran for a seat to

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in the

1951 Edmonton municipal election The 1951 municipal election was held November 7, 1951 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the separate school board, while four trustees were acclaimed to the public board. The electorate ...

. He won the second place seat out of five in the field of thirteen candidates win his first two-year term as Alderman. Miller ran for a second term in the 1953 Edmonton municipal election. Turn out for the race was down significantly, he held his seat but his popular vote dropped in half. He finished in third place in the nine candidate race. Miller ran for a third term in office in the 1955 Edmonton municipal election. He improved his popular vote heading the polls to take top spot in the field of eight candidates. Miller ran provincially for a seat in 1955 and won. He held his seat on Edmonton council until his term expired in 1957.

Provincial

Miller ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the

1955 Alberta general election The 1955 Alberta general election was held on June 29, 1955, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Despite losing almost 10% of the popular vote (compared to its 1952 proportion of the vote) and 30% of its seats in the legislat ...

. He stood as a Liberal candidate in the electoral district of Edmonton. Miller won the third place out of six seats to earn his first term in office. The electoral district of Edmonton was abolished and split into numerous single member districts in the 1959 boundary redistribution. Miller ran for re-election in the new electoral district of

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. He faced a hotly contested three way race against incumbent John Page and Social Credit candidate

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. Miller was defeated finished a distant third place.

Late life

Miller died in 1964. The community of Miller in

is named in his honor.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Abe 1897 births 1964 deaths Edmonton city councillors Alberta Liberal Party MLAs University of Alberta alumni Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to Canada