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John Amos Delisle (November 24, 1871 – December 27, 1940) is a former provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 to 1930 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government. ==Political career== Delisle ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1926 Alberta general election. He ran as the United Farmers of Alberta candidate in the electoral district of Beaver River. Delisle defeated incumbent Joseph Dechene to pick up the seat for his party.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Beaver River Official Results 1926 Alberta general election )〕 Delisle ran for a second term in the 1930 Alberta general election. The Beaver River district was the most closely contested race that year. On the first vote count Delisle finished seven votes ahead of Liberal candidate Henry Dakin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Beaver River Official Results 1930 Alberta general election )〕 The vote went to a second count where Delisle was declared the winner by 21 votes after the second choice ballots of Independent candidate Luc Lebel were counted. The Liberals challenged the results in court. On August 21, 1930 Judge Taylor declared Dakin elected by four votes on a judicial recount. Delisle attempted to win his seat back by running against Dakin for the second time in the 1935 Alberta general election. He and Dakin were both defeated finishing second and third in the four way race losing to Social Credit candidate Lucien Maynard.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Beaver River Official Results 1935 Alberta general election )〕 He died of a heart attack in 1940. 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「John Delisle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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