Charles Garrett Holder (1874-1962) was a politician from

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, Canada. He served in the

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from 1935 to 1940 and from 1944 to 1948 as a member of the Social Credit caucus.

Political career

Holder ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1935 general election, as a Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of St. Albert. He defeated incumbent

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to pick up the seat for his party. Holder ran for a second term in the 1940 general election. He was defeated by independent candidate

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on the fourth count. Holder was nominated to run for Social Credit again at a convention held in

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on February 9, 1944. He ran in the general election held that year and won on the second vote count. He retired from the assembly at dissolution in 1948.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Holder, Charles Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs 1874 births 1962 deaths