Frank Sydney Grisdale, BSc., CBE (July 8, 1887 – December 29, 1976) was a politician from

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, Canada. He served in the

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from 1930 to 1935. He sat with the United Farmers caucus and served from 1934 to 1935 as a cabinet minister in the government of Premier

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. He was the first principal of the Olds Agricultural College, now

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. Frank Grisdale Hall at Olds College is named for him.

Political career

Grisdale first ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature in the 1930 general election, as the United Farmers candidate in the electoral district of

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. He defeated Liberal candidate George Clark by a couple of hundred votes. Grisdale was appointed Minister of Agriculture on June 2, 1934. He ran for re-election in the 1935 general election and was defeated in a landslide by

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candidate Herbert Ash. Grisdale attempted to return to the Alberta Legislature as an independent candidate in the 1940 general election. He led the first vote count by 110 votes over the Social Credit candidate

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. Incumbent Herbert Ash, who was running as an independent, finished a distant third and was eliminated. Grisdale lost on the second count, as most of Ash's second preferences went to Cook, putting him ahead of Grisdale by less than 100 votes.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
1887 births United Farmers of Alberta MLAs 1976 deaths People from Olds, Alberta Members of the Executive Council of Alberta {{Alberta-politician-stub