John Plummer Marcellus
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John Plummer Marcellus | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
In office 1905–1909 | |
Succeeded by | David Warnock |
Constituency | Pincher Creek |
Personal details | |
Born | Morrisburg, Upper Canada | July 26, 1838
Died | May 29, 1932 Pincher Creek, Alberta | (aged 93)
Political party | Liberal |
Occupation | rancher, farmer |
John Plummer Marcellus (July 26, 1838 – May 29, 1932) was a Canadian politician and rancher from Alberta.
Early life
[edit]He was born at Morrisburg, Upper Canada. Marcellus married his wife Maria Barkley in 1871 at Dunbar, Ontario.
1905 election
[edit]Marcellus ran for the Alberta legislature in the 1905 Alberta general election. He won a hotly contested 3-way race in the Pincher Creek electoral district in rural southeast Alberta. He served one term as a backbencher in the Legislative Assembly before retiring in 1909. He died in 1932 at Pincher Creek.
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