Andrew Watson Myles (February 18, 1884 – May 9, 1970) was a
politician in
Manitoba, Canada. He served in the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1920 as a
Liberal, and made an unsuccessful bid for the leadership of the Manitoba Liberal Party in 1927.
Myles was born in
Rathwell, Manitoba, and was educated at Manitoba College and
Northwestern University in
Chicago. He received a D.D.S. degree, and worked as a dentist after 1908. In religion, Myles was a
Presbyterian.
On December 13, 1913, Myles ran for the
Liberal Party of Canada
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in a federal
by-election in the
riding of
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. He lost to
Conservative candidate
Alex Morrison, 3855 votes to 2939.
Myles became one of several
Liberal candidates elected to the provincial legislature in the
provincial election of 1915, as
premier
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Tobias Norris
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led the Liberal Party to a landslide victory of 40 seats out of 47. Myles defeated
Conservative incumbent
George Steel in
Cypress
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, 851 votes to 789. He did not seek re-election in 1920.
He ran for the leadership of the
Manitoba Liberal Party in 1927, but was defeated by
Hugh Robson, a respected judge with no prior political experience. He also ran in the
provincial election of 1927 in
Assiniboia, but finished a distant fourth out of five candidates.
References
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1884 births
1970 deaths
Manitoba Liberal Party MLAs
Northwestern University Dental School alumni