About Henry Elvins Spencer
Lived 1882 – 1972 (aged 90). Henry Elvins Spencer was a Canadian politician, farmer, printer and publisher.
Henry Elvins Spencer (7 March 1882 – 1 October 1972) was a Canadian politician.
Born in the United Kingdom, Spencer worked as a printer and publisher in Paris from 1906 to 1907 before emigrating to Canada in 1908. Settling in Alberta, he worked as a farmer.
From 1917 to 1921, he was the provincial secretary of the United Farmers of Alberta.
He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Battle River in the 1921 federal election. A member of the United Farmers of Alberta, he was re-elected in 1925, 1926, and 1930.
He belonged to the Ginger Group of radical MPs and was a founding member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in 1932.
He was defeated as a CCF candidate in the 1935 election and again in 1940 and 1945.
He retired to Comox, British Columbia in 1948 and died in 1972.
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Who was Henry Elvins Spencer?
Canadian politician (1882–1972)
When was Henry Elvins Spencer born?
Henry Elvins Spencer was born on 7 March 1882 in England.
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Henry Elvins Spencer died on 1 October 1972 in Comox.
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Henry Elvins Spencer was a politician, farmer, printer and publisher.
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Henry Elvins Spencer was Canadian.
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