Peter Alexander Miskew (27 November 1899 – 9 September 1965) was a politician and lawyer from

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. He served as a member of the

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from 1930 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government and also with the Liberal caucus in opposition.

Political career

Miskew ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the

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as a candidate under the United Farmers banner. Miskew held the riding for the

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in a hotly contested election. He won the three-way race by a plurality of 66 votes over

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candidate S.W. Bahlay. Miskew crossed the floor to the

caucus on February 3, 1934 three days after Premier John Brownlee announced Miskew would move the speech from the throne in the 4th Session of the

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. Miskew informed the Premier of his decision to cross by a memo and stated that he did not support the policies of the United Farmers government any longer. Miskew achieved his law degree graduating the

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on May 10, 1935 as part of a class of 20 senior law students. Miskew's tenure as an MLA caused the University to clarify its ban on campus political clubs. President Robert Wallace had originally stated that no student should ally with a political party. He was later forced to clarify that he meant in regards to the ban on political clubs when asked about Miskew and a Social Credit candidate who had attended the University. Miskew retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the Assembly in 1935.

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Alberta Legislature Membership Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miskiw, Peter United Farmers of Alberta MLAs Alberta Liberal Party MLAs University of Alberta alumni Ukrainian emigrants to Canada Austro-Hungarian emigrants to Canada Ukrainian Austro-Hungarians People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria People from Lviv Oblast 1899 births 1965 deaths