Neville Sydney Roper (born March 5, 1922) is a Canadian former provincial politician from

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. He served as a member of the

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from 1967 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.

Political career

Roper served on the

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town council from 1951 to 1961, and as Mayor of Rimbey from 1961 to 1966. He ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as an Independent Social Credit candidate in the Ponoka electoral district in the

1963 Alberta general election The 1963 Alberta general election was held on June 17, 1963, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The Social Credit Party, led by Ernest C. Manning, won its eighth consecutive term in government, winning roughly the same num ...

. He finished a very close second place losing to incumbent Glen Johnston. Roper ran for provincial office for the second time in the

1967 Alberta general election The 1967 Alberta general election was held on May 23, 1967, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to the 16th Alberta Legislature. The election was called after the 15th Alberta Legislature was prorogued on April 11, 1967, and ...

. He ran as the official Social Credit candidate this time and won a landslide to hold the seat for his party. Roper ran for a second term in office in the

1971 Alberta general election The 1971 Alberta general election was the seventeenth general election held in the Province of Alberta, Canada on August 30, 1971, to elect seventy-five members of the Alberta Legislature to form the 17th Alberta Legislative Assembly. The Progr ...

but was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Don McCrimmon. He lost the race by 17 votes finishing second.

Personal life

Of English descent, Roper was born in Camrose, Alberta, the son of Henry Basil Sydney Roper and Amy Burchnall. He served in the

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from 1941 to 1946 during

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. Roper married Edith Margaret Hawkings in 1948 and has three children. His wife died in 1999. He turned 100 in 2022.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roper, Neville 1922 births Living people Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs People from Camrose, Alberta Canadian centenarians Men centenarians