John Stovel was a publisher politician in Manitoba

Manitoba

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, Canada

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. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

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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 1920 to 1922 as a member of the Liberal Party

Manitoba Liberal Party

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Stovel was born in Mount Forest

Mount Forest, Ontario

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, Canada West (now Ontario

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), and educated in that community. He worked as a printer and publisher, becoming the director of Stovel Co., Ltd., Engravers, Lithographers and Printers. He was also a director of Nor'West Farmers (a farmer journal) and Standard Trust Co. In religion, Stovel was a Baptist

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He was elected to the Manitoba legislature 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:...

, for the constituency of Winnipeg. At the time, Winnipeg elected ten members to the provincial legislature by a single transferable ballot. Stovel finished seventh on the first count, and was declared elected on the thirty-third count. The Liberals won a minority government

Minority government

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 in this election, and Stovel served in the legislature as a backbench supporter of Tobias C. Norris's government.

He did not seek re-election in the 1922 campaign

Manitoba general election, 1922

Manitoba's general election of July 18, 1922 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.As in the previous election of 1920, the city of Winnipeg elected ten members by the single transferable ballot...

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