Joseph Arthur Roméo Desfossés (November 3, 1897 – April 1, 1980) 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

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from 1951 to 1959 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition.

Political career

Desfosses ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in a by-election held on June 21, 1951, in the

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electoral district. He defeated two other candidates in a hotly contested race on second vote preferences to pick up the seat for the provincial Liberals. Just over a year later Defosses ran for a second term in office in the

1952 Alberta general election The 1952 Alberta general election was held on August 5, 1952, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Ernest C. Manning in his third election as leader of the Social Credit Party, and its first election since the Social Credit ...

. He held the district winning a small plurality on the first vote count, and hanging to win the three-way race on the second vote count by 150 votes. Defosses ran for a third term 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 won a larger popular vote, but was unable to secure a majority. On the second vote count Defossess easily held his seat defeating two other candidates. Defosses retired from the legislature at dissolution of the assembly in 1959.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Desfosses, Joseph Alberta Liberal Party MLAs 1897 births 1980 deaths