Samuel Fletcher (died 1950) was a politician in

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. He served in the

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representing the Killarney constituency from 1920 to 1922. Fletcher worked as a farmer, and lived in Holmfield, Manitoba, where he served as a member of the West Derby School board. He was then elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1920 provincial election, defeating

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incumbent

Samuel M. Hayden Samuel M. Hayden (October 6, 1858 – October 27, 1934) was a Canadian politician in Manitoba. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1920, as a member of the Liberal Party. Hayden resided in Killarney, Manitoba duri ...

by 396 votes. Fletcher was elected as a

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candidate, representing a movement that opposed the province's two-party system of Liberals and

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. He sat with the Independent-Farmer group in the legislature, and did not seek re-election in 1922.

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1950 deaths Progressive Party of Manitoba MLAs Year of birth missing {{Manitoba-politician-stub