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Harvey Bossenberry (December 15, 1880 – June 19, 1951) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1935 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition. ==Political career== Bossenberry ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1921 Alberta general election as a Liberal candidate in the electoral district of Pincher Creek. Bossenberry finished second out of four candidates losing to United Farmers candidate Earle Cook.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Pincher Creek Official Results 1921 Alberta general election )〕 Cook and Bossenberry ran against each other for the second time in the 1926 Alberta general election. The three way race was hotly contested with Cook defeating Bossenberry in the second vote count.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Pincher Creek Official Results 1926 Alberta general election )〕 Bossenberry ran against Cook for the third time in the 1930 Alberta general election. He defeated Cook in a very close two way race by 39 votes to pick up the seat for his party.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Pincher Creek Official Results 1930 Alberta general election )〕 After the election, Bossenberry became embroiled in the controversy surrounding the leadership of John McDonald and his quest to find a seat after being defeated in the election. McDonald had run for election in the neighboring Macleod riding. Bossenberry refused to yield his seat to McDonald to run in a by-election. Cook and Bossenberry would face each other in the fourth straight election held in 1935. They were both defeated with Cook finishing in last place and Bossenberry a distant second losing to Social Credit candidate Roy Taylor in the four way race.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Pincher Creek Official Results 1935 Alberta general election )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harvey Bossenberry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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