Alfred Speakman
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Alfred Speakman | |
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| Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons | |
| In office 1921–1935 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Clark |
| Succeeded by | Eric Joseph Poole |
| Constituency | Red Deer |
| Leader of the Official Opposition in Alberta | |
| In office January 29, 1942 – March 19, 1942 | |
| Preceded by | James H. Walker |
| Succeeded by | James Mahaffy |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| In office March 21, 1940 – November 4, 1943 | |
| Preceded by | Alfred Hooke |
| Succeeded by | David Ure |
| Constituency | Red Deer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 24, 1880 |
| Died | November 4, 1943 (aged 63) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Party | United Farmers of Alberta (until 1935) Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1935) Independent Movement (1937-1943) |
Alfred Speakman (August 24, 1880 – November 4, 1943) was a politician from Alberta, Canada.
Speakman was born August 24, 1880, in Dundee, Scotland, to James Speakman and Mary Hannah Farrar, where he attended the High School of Dundee,[1] before his family emigrated to Canada in 1891. Speakman married Elva Pearl Soley, with whom he had one daughter, Mary Elva.[2]
Federal political career
Speakman was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1921 federal election in the district of Red Deer under the banner of the United Farmers of Alberta. He was re-elected in 1925, 1926 and 1930.
In the 1935 federal election he ran as a member of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and finished a distant third to Social Credit candidate Eric Joseph Poole.