Edward Arthur August was a politician in Manitoba

Manitoba

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, Canada

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. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and the lieutenant governor form the Legislature of Manitoba, the legislature of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly in provincial general elections, all in single-member constituencies with first-past-the-post...

 from 1915 to 1922, as a member of the Liberal Party

Manitoba Liberal Party

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.

August was born in Toronto

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, Ontario

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, and was educated at Horning Mills in the same province. He worked as a canner, and moved to the Carman

Carman, Manitoba

Carman is a small Agricultural town of about 2,900 people that lies in the Pembina Valley Region of southern Manitoba. Carman is located at the junction of Highways 3 and 13, just 40 minutes southwest of Winnipeg . It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Dufferin...

 district of Manitoba

Manitoba

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 in 1899. A devout Methodist, he was also active in Christian

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 outreach.

August served on his local municipal council from 1902 to 1904. In the 1907 election

Manitoba general election, 1907

Manitoba's general election of March 7, 1907 was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.The result was a third consecutive majority government for the Conservative Party of Manitoba, led by premier Rodmond Palen Roblin...

, he contested the provincial riding of Dufferin against Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba

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 Premier

Premier of Manitoba

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 Rodmond P. Roblin. Roblin won the challenge by 171 votes. August challenged Roblin again in the 1914 election

Manitoba general election, 1914

Manitoba's general election of July 10, 1914 was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.The result was a fifth consecutive majority government for the Conservative Party, led by premier Rodmond P. Roblin...

, and lost by 139 votes.

Roblin's government was forced to resign amid a corruption scandal in 1915, and the Liberal Party won a landslide majority government in that year's provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1915

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. August defeated his Conservative opponent, A.S. Argue, by 286 votes. In the legislature, he served as a backbench supporter of Tobias C. Norris's ministry.

The Liberals were reduced to a minority government

Minority government

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 in the 1920 provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1920

Manitoba's general election of 29 June 1920 was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.-Background:...

. August was re-elected, defeating Conservative candidate Alexander Morrison by 77 votes. He did not seek re-election in 1922.

August died at Dufferin, Manitoba in 1935.