Albert Edward Munn (30 January 1865 – 22 February 1946) was a
Canadian
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businessman and politician. Munn was a
Liberal party
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member of the
House of Commons of Canada
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. He was born in
Trafalgar Township
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,
Canada West
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becoming a lumber merchant and manager.
Munn attended school at
Otterville, Ontario
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. He became a councillor for the city of
Orillia, Ontario for two years.
He moved to British Columbia and entered provincial politics there, becoming a
Liberal
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member of the legislature at the
Lillooet riding in the
1924 provincial election. He was defeated by
Ernest Crawford Carson
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in the
1928 provincial election.
He was first elected to Parliament at the
Vancouver North
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riding in the
1930 general election. After serving only one term, the
17th Canadian Parliament
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, he was defeated by
Charles Grant MacNeil of the
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
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in the
1935 election.
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1865 births
1946 deaths
BC United MLAs
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia
Ontario municipal councillors
People from the Regional Municipality of Halton
People from Orillia
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