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William Neelands Chant (July 13, 1895 – September 25, 1976) was a farmer and political figure in Alberta and British Columbia . He represented Camrose in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1940 as a Social Credit and then Independent member and Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1953 to 1972 as a Social Credit member.[1] [2]
He was born in Brampton, Ontario , the son of John Daniel Chant and Mary Abigail Neelands, and was educated there. In 1921, he married Ella Victoria Langbell. Chant was a member of the municipal council and a school trustee for Camrose, Alberta . He served during World War I .[1] Chant was Minister of Agriculture in the Alberta cabinet[3] but resigned from his cabinet post in the Social Credit backbenchers' revolt of 1937 .[4] He was defeated when he ran for re-election to the Alberta assembly as an Independent Progressive Party candidate in 1944.[5] Chant ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the British Columbia assembly in 1952 before being elected in 1953;[6] he served as Minister of Public Works in the British Columbia cabinet.[3]
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^ a b Normandin, P G (1965). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1965 .
^ "Hansard" . Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. January 13, 1977. Retrieved December 13, 2011 .
^ a b "William Chant fonds" . British Columbia Archival Information Network. Retrieved December 13, 2011 .
^ Finkel, Alvin (1989). The Social Credit phenomenon in Alberta . University of Toronto Press. p. 61 . ISBN 0-8020-5821-3 . Retrieved December 13, 2011 .
^ "Camrose results 1944" . Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved December 13, 2011 .
^ "Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986" (PDF) . Elections BC. Retrieved July 27, 2011 .
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Chant&oldid=1134712651 "
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