John Archibald Mills (August 19, 1910 – April 15, 1986) 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 sin ...

from 1955 to 1959 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition.

Political career

Mills ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the

1955 Alberta general election The 1955 Alberta general election was held on June 29, 1955, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Despite losing almost 10% of the popular vote (compared to its 1952 proportion of the vote) and 30% of its seats in the legislat ...

. He stood as the Liberal candidate in the electoral district of Lac Ste. Anne for the Liberal party. The race was hotly contested by all three candidates. Mills finished second behind incumbent Angelo Montemurro on the first vote count. He surged into first place on significant second preference votes from Co-operative Commonwealth candidate Harold Bronson to pick up the seat. Mills ran for a second term in the 1959 Alberta general election. He was easily defeated by Social Credit candidate William Patterson finishing a distant third place out of four candidates.

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External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mills, John Alberta Liberal Party MLAs 1910 births 1985 deaths