Lawrence Peter Peterson (April 12, 1873 – September 7, 1951) 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 1921 to 1930 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.

Political career

Peterson ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time 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 ...

. He stood as a United Farmers candidate in the electoral district of Taber and won a close race over incumbent Archibald McLean to pick up the seat for his party. Peterson ran for a second term in office in the

1926 Alberta general election The 1926 Alberta general election was held on June 28, 1926, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The United Farmers of Alberta government that had first been elected in 1921 was re-elected, taking a majority of the seats in t ...

. He lost some of his popular vote from the last election but defeated two other candidates with a large majority. Peterson did not run for a third term in office and retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1930.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Peterson, Lawrence United Farmers of Alberta MLAs 1951 deaths 1873 births American emigrants to Canada People from Provo, Utah