John Murray Glendenning (May 22, 1872 – March 17, 1962) was a 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 was born in Bennington, Ontario. Glendenning first ran for a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the

1909 Alberta general election The 1909 Alberta general election was the second general election held in the Province of Alberta, Canada on March 22, 1909, to elect 41 members of the Alberta legislature to the 2nd Alberta Legislature. The incumbent Liberal Party led by Premi ...

in the new Nanton electoral district. He won an upset victory defeating Conservative party leader Albert Robertson whose old district was abolished due to redistribution. Glendenning won a second term in office in the

1913 Alberta general election The 1913 Alberta general election was held in March 1913. The writ was dropped on 25 March 1913 and election day was held 17 April 1913 to elect 56 members to the 3rd Alberta Legislature. Elections in two northern districts took place on 30 July ...

defeating Conservative challenger and Mayor of Nanton John Thomas Cooper. In the

1917 Alberta general election The 1917 Alberta general election was held on 7 June 1917 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The Liberals won a fourth term in office, defeating the Conservative Party of Edward Michener. Because of World War I, eleven Mem ...

he ran for a 3rd consecutive term in office but was defeated by independent candidate James Weir. He tried to regain his seat again 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 ...

but was again defeated this time by

Daniel Harcourt Galbraith Daniel Harcourt Galbraith (November 30, 1878 – October 30, 1968) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1930 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in governm ...

from the United Farmers of Alberta. He died in 1962 in Calgary and was buried in Nanton, Alberta.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
Alberta Liberal Party MLAs 1962 deaths 1872 births {{Alberta-politician-stub