Edith Hannah Gostick (née Thomas; January 15, 1894 – July 8, 1984) was a provincial level politician from

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, Canada. She served as a member of the

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as a representative from the electoral district of

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from 1935 to 1940.

Political career

Gostick ran for a seat as a

Social Credit Party of Alberta Alberta Social Credit was a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded on social credit monetary policy put forward by Clifford Hugh Douglas and on conservative Christian social values. The Canadian social credit movement wa ...

candidate in the Alberta Legislature in the

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. She was declared elected on the 18th vote count, taking the fourth seat in the Legislature. Gostick ran for re-election in the 1940 general election but was defeated. Her son

Ron Gostick Ronald A. Gostick (July 18, 1918 – July 16, 2005) was a long-time figure on the Canadian far right and founder of the Canadian League of Rights. Gostick was involved in the Canadian social credit movement and later published far-right and ...

was a well-known publisher of

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and far right literature.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs 1894 births 1984 deaths People from Porth Welsh emigrants to Canada Women MLAs in Alberta {{Alberta-politician-stub