John W. Leedy
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John Whitnah Leedy was the 14th Governor of Kansas
Governor of Kansas
The Governor of the State of Kansas is the head of state for the State of Kansas, United States. Under the Kansas Constitution, the Governor is also the head of government, serving as the chief executive of the Kansas executive branch, of the government of Kansas. The Governor is the...

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Political career

Leedy ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1917 Alberta general election
Alberta general election, 1917
The Alberta general election of 1917 was the fourth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada, held on 7 June 1917 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

 as a candidate for the non-partisan league. He ran in the electoral district of Gleichen and was defeated finishing a distant third behind Conservative candidate Fred Davis
Fred Davis (politician)
Frederick "Fred" Davis was a farmer and a politician on the federal and provincial level in Canada.-Political career:...

 who won and Incumbent John McArthur
John Peter McArthur
John Peter McArthur was a politician from Alberta, Canada.McArthur first ran for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in a by-election on October 31, 1911 after the death of his brother Archibald J. McArthur a few months earlier. He would have Harold Riley who was the brother of Ezra Riley the...

 who was defeated.

Leedy ran for a seat to the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

 as an Independent candidate in the electoral district of Victoria
Victoria (Alberta electoral district)
Victoria was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1909 to 1925. This riding was created in 1907, two years after Alberta was created as a province, from parts of Edmonton and Strathcona ridings.It was abolished in 1924 when it...

 in the 1917 federal election
Canadian federal election, 1917
The 1917 Canadian federal election was held on December 17, 1917, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 13th Parliament of Canada. Described by historian Michael Bliss as the "most bitter election in Canadian history", it was fought mainly over the issue of conscription...

. He was defeated in the three way race finishing third behind former Alberta MLA James Holden
James Bismark Holden
James Bismark Holden was a business man and a municipal and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1906 to 1913 sitting with the Liberal caucus in government...

 and William White
William Henry White
Sir William Henry White was a prolific British warship designer and Chief Constructor at the Admiralty....

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