Herbert Grahame Beresford (November 19, 1880 – June 15, 1938) was a land surveyor and politician in
Manitoba
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, Canada. He served in the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
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from 1927 to 1932.
Beresford was born in
Tillicoultry
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,
Scotland
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, and was raised in nearby Dollar. Educated at
Dollar Academy
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and the
University of St Andrews
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, he came to Canada in 1903 and worked as a land surveyor, serving as president of the Association of Manitoba Land Surveyors in 1918 and 1919. He was also active in the
Scottish Rite
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of
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.
He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the
1927 provincial election as an independent
Progressive, defeated
Liberal
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Fred C. Hamilton in the sprawling northern constituency of
Rupertsland. For the next four years, he served as a supporter of
John Bracken
John Bracken (June 22, 1883 – March 18, 1969) was a Canadian agronomist and politician who was the 11th and longest-serving premier of Manitoba (1922–1943) and later the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1942–19 ...
's government.
In 1932, the provincial Liberal and Progressive parties formed an electoral alliance to prevent the
Conservative Party from winning the next election. In most constituencies, Liberals and Progressives united behind a single candidate. In Rupertsland, however, Beresford was challenged by Liberal
cabinet minister Ewan McPherson, who had been defeated in
Portage la Prairie
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. McPherson won the challenge, ending Beresford's career as a legislator.
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1880 births
1938 deaths
Progressive Party of Manitoba MLAs
Canadian people of Scottish descent
People from Tillicoultry
People educated at Dollar Academy