Stanley Gilbert Tobin (January 19, 1871 - June 12, 1948) was a farmer, businessman, teacher and political figure in

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, Canada. Tobin served as a Member of the

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and a Member of the

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. Born in

Bridgewater, Nova Scotia Bridgewater is a town in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the navigable limit of the LaHave River. With a 2021 population of 8,790, Bridgewater is the largest town in the South Shore region. Priding itself as "The Main Street of the So ...

, Tobin ran in the Leduc provincial electoral district in the

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. He was elected in a hotly contested election by just over 100 votes against Conservative George Curry. He would see re-election in 1917 and in 1921. His plurality in the 1921 election was just 10 votes. Stanley vacated his provincial seat in 1925 to run in the

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in the

Wetaskiwin Wetaskiwin ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. The city is located south of the provincial capital of Edmonton. The city name comes from the Cree word ''wītaskiwinihk'', meaning "the hills where peace was made". Wetaskiwin is ...

Federal electoral district. He won election as a member of the

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. In that election he defeated incumbent

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incumbent

Daniel Webster Warner Daniel Webster Warner (October 1, 1857 – May 14, 1933) was a farmer, rancher and Canadian federal politician. Warner first ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1917 Canadian federal election in the Battle River district. ...

. He only served in office for one year and was defeated in the

1926 Canadian Federal Election The 1926 Canadian federal election was held on September 14, 1926, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 16th Parliament of Canada. The election was called after an event known as the King–Byng affair. In the 1925 feder ...

by William Irvine.

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* * 1871 births 1948 deaths Alberta Liberal Party MLAs Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta People from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia {{Alberta-politician-stub