Vincent Spies Segur (May 2, 1887 – February 25, 1965) was an

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-born locomotive engineer and political figure in

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. He represented Revelstoke in the

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from 1943 to 1945 and from 1952 to 1956 as a

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(CCF) member. He was born in

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and came to

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with his family while still young. In 1908, he was working in lumber camps on

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and, the following year, joined the

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, where he worked as a fireman and train engineer stationed in Revelstoke. Segur ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1933. He was first elected to the assembly in a 1943 by-election held following the death of

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but he was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1945 and 1949. He retired from the railway in 1952 and was again elected to the assembly later that year. Segur retired from politics in 1956 and moved to Vernon. He died in

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of a heart attack at the age of 77.http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/DisplayGenealogyImage?k=89cb50ef-ce03-4024-b8cd-c307d95256e5

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1887 births 1965 deaths British Columbia Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs 20th-century Canadian politicians American emigrants to Canada {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub