Laudas Joly
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
July 18, 1921 – June 19, 1930
Preceded byProsper-Edmond Lessard
Succeeded byJoseph Dechene
ConstituencySt. Paul
In office
August 5, 1952 – June 29, 1955
Preceded byNew District
Succeeded byJake Josvanger
ConstituencyBonnyville
Personal details
BornAugust 6, 1887
St. Thomas D'Alfred, Ontario
DiedApril 30, 1960(1960-04-30) (aged 72)
Bonnyville, Alberta
Political partySocial Credit
Other political
affiliations		United Farmers
Occupationpolitician

Laudas Joly (August 6, 1887 – April 30, 1960)[1] was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1930 as a member of the United Farmers of Alberta and from 1952 to 1955 as a member of the Social Credit Party.

Political career

Joly first ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as a United Farmers candidate in the 1921 general election. He defeated incumbent Prosper-Edmond Lessard in the electoral district of St. Paul to pick up the seat for his party.[2] He was re-elected in the 1926 general election.[3]

Joly was defeated in the 1930 general election by Liberal candidate Joseph Dechene by just 18 votes .[4] He ran again in the 1935 general election and was defeated by Social Credit candidate Joseph Beaudry.[5]

Joly ran once again in the new electoral district of Bonnyville in the 1952 general election, this time as a Social Credit candidate. He won the two-way race in a landslide.[6] He retired from the assembly at dissolution in 1955.

Electoral results

1921 Alberta general election: St. Paul
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United FarmersLaudas Joly1,37858.34%
LiberalProsper-Edmond Lessard98441.66%-24.99%
Total valid votes 2,362
United Farmers gain from Liberal Swing +41.67%
1926 Alberta general election: St. Paul
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United FarmersLaudas Joly1,45367.24%+8.90%
LiberalH. Montambeault60327.90%-13.76%
IndependentE. McPheeters1054.86%
Total valid votes 2,161
Rejected, spoiled and declined 151
Electors / Turnout 3,25271.09%
United Farmers hold Swing +11.33%
1930 Alberta general election: St. Paul
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJoseph Miville Dechene1,65350.27%+22.37%
United FarmersLaudas Joly1,63549.73%-17.51%
Total valid votes 3,288
Rejected, spoiled and declined 149
Electors / Turnout 4,77671.96% +0.87%
Liberal gain from United Farmers Swing +19.94%
1935 Alberta general election: St. Paul
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditJoseph Beaudry2,56746.88%
LiberalJoseph Miville Dechene1,96335.85%-14.42%
United FarmersLaudas Joly94617.27%-32.46%
Second round
Social CreditJoseph Beaudry2,67953.12%+6.24%
LiberalJoseph Miville Dechene2,36446.88%+11.03%
No second preference 433
Total valid votes 5,476
Rejected, spoiled and declined 180
Electors / Turnout 6,87682.26% +10.30%
Social Credit gain from Liberal Swing +30.65%

Second-round swing reflects increase in vote share from the first round. Overall swing is calculated from first preferences.

1952 Alberta general election: Bonnyville
Party Candidate Votes%[7]
Social CreditLaudas Joly2,49765.94%
LiberalIrvin J. Baril1,29034.06%
Total valid votes 3,787
Rejected, spoiled and declined 215
Eligible electors / Turnout 5,93567.43%
Social Credit pickup new district.

References

  1. ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=juggler2&id=I27800
  2. ↑ "St. Paul Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  3. ↑ "St. Paul Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  4. ↑ "St. Paul Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  5. ↑ "St. Paul Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Bonnyville Official Results 1952 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Abheritage.ca — Electoral results for Bonnyville". Archived from the original on 2010-12-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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