Charles Holder

Charles Garrett Holder (1874-1962) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1940 and from 1944 to 1948 as a member of the Social Credit caucus.

For the big-game fisherman, see Charles Frederick Holder.

Charles Garrett Holder
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
August 22, 1935 – March 21, 1940
Preceded byOmer St. Germain
Succeeded byLionel Tellier
ConstituencySt. Albert
In office
August 8, 1944 – August 17, 1948
Preceded byLionel Tellier
Succeeded byLucien Maynard
Personal details
BornAugust 14, 1874
Battersea, Ontario
DiedFebruary 19, 1962(1962-02-19) (aged 87)
Busby, Alberta
Political partySocial Credit
Occupationpolitician

Political career

Holder ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1935 general election, as a Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of St. Albert. He defeated incumbent Omer St. Germain to pick up the seat for his party.[1]

Holder ran for a second term in the 1940 general election. He was defeated by independent candidate Lionel Tellier on the fourth count.[2]

Holder was nominated to run for Social Credit again at a convention held in Morinville on February 9, 1944.[3] He ran in the general election held that year and won on the second vote count.[4] He retired from the assembly at dissolution in 1948.

References
  1. "St. Albert Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
  2. "St. Albert Results 1940 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
  3. "S.C. Candidate". The Lethbridge Herald. February 9, 1944. p. 9.
  4. "St. Albert Results 1944 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
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