Charles Orson F. Wright (April 13, 1873 – March 28, 1922) was a provincial politician from

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, Canada. He served as a member of the

Legislative Assembly of Alberta The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly currently has 87 members, elected first past the post from singl ...

from 1921 to his death in 1922 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.

Political career

Wright ran for a seat to the Albert Legislature in the

1921 Alberta general election The 1921 Alberta general election was held on July 18, 1921, to elect members to the 5th Alberta Legislative Assembly. It was one of only five times that Alberta has changed governments. The Liberal Party, which had governed the province since it ...

as a United Farmers candidate. He defeated incumbent James Turgeon to pick up the Ribstone electoral district for his party. Wright died on March 28, 1922, after suffering from pneumonia at Royal Alexandra Hospital in

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. He was Charles Stewart's brother in law.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Charles 1922 deaths United Farmers of Alberta MLAs 1873 births