Alfred Pullen Gleave (June 6, 1911 – August 19, 1999) was a Member of Parliament for

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, Canada from 25 June 1968 to 9 May 1974. He was a farmer and grain grower, and became an outspoken agricultural advocate. He was born in

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, educated in one room school houses of

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. Turning 19 at the start of the 1930s, he understood the many difficulties farmers faced during this era of drought and Depression. He also lived through farming advances, technological changes and industrial revolution of the 1940s and 1950s which followed

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. In the early 20th century, Gleave helped to establish many varied agricultural organizations. As a member of the

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(NDP), he became a

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on two occasions. Gleave served as an Agriculture Committee member. He was inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame.

Early education

His father, William Gleave, successfully proved up his homestead at SW 24 TWP 32 R.7 W3. Elementary schooling was completed at a one-room school house in

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(SE 1/4 Sec.36, Twp.31, R.9, W3) as well as at Donavon. This was followed by secondary schooling at a high school in

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Agricultural history

His family moved from Oxford County,

, in 1918 to the

area. He was involved in number of community farm organizations including the United Farmers of Canada Saskatchewan section, Saskatchewan Farmers Union, (SFU), Interprovincial Farm Union Council, Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA), National Farmers Union (NFA),

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and he was a representative at the International Wheat Agreement negotiations. During his time with the United Farmers of Canada, the Dominion Government desired wheat economy stability and negotiated the British Wheat Agreement of 1946 which provided for

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purchases of large amounts of Canadian wheat at prices considerably below the world market. Gleave was one of those who advocated for a farmers' nondelivery strike.

Awards

As a strong voice for the agricultural community, he has been inducted posthumously 2000 into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame.

Political history

Gleave was successful in two elections for the

federal electoral district as a candidate of the

(NDP) which he joined November 8, 1965. The NDP won a total of 22 seats in the 1968 election Gleave was elected in the

federal electoral district on June 25, 1968, and again on October 30, 1972. During 1972 election the NDP won a total of 31 seats.

However Gleave started out representing the NDP in the Rosetown—Biggar federal electoral district in the 1965 election held November 8, 1965. At this time he lost to Ron D. McLelland of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party). Following this defeat, Gleave was successful twice in the Saskatoon—Biggar federal electoral district in the 1968 election and the 1972 election. He tried again in the 1974 election representing the NDP party in Saskatoon—Biggar, however was defeated by

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of the PC Party. He later moved to the

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federal electoral district and lost to

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(PC Party) in the 1979 election.

Member of Parliament

The

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was set up September 12, 1968, and was controlled by a

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majority under

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He was member of both the agriculture committee as well as the Library of Parliament joint committee. The 29th Canadian Parliament set up October 30, 1972, and was again controlled by a Liberal Party minority under Trudeau. 29th Canadian Parliament Here he was member of the Trends in Food Prices, agriculture committee, and the Finance, Trade and Economic Affairs committee. He also was a special member of the Restaurant joint committee.

Published works

During his retirement years, he wrote a book about politics and farm organization, ''United We Stand, Prairie Farmers 1901–1975''. He died in Ottawa on August 19, 1999.

External links

United We Stand: Prairie Farmers 1905-1975:0921633661:Gleave Alfred

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gleave, Alfred 1911 births 1999 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MPs Canadian socialists Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MPs 20th-century Canadian politicians Canadian people of English descent Canadian Unitarians