Role Politician Died March 19, 1992 | Occupation Insurance Underwriter Name Harry Leinweber | |
Political party Alberta Social Credit Party | ||
Harry C. Leinweber (January 6, 1907 – March 19, 1992) is a former insurance underwriter and a municipal and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1961 to 1971 sitting with the governing Social Credit caucus.
Political career
Leinweber served as a municipal Alderman for the city of Medicine Hat from 1944 to 1950 and ran for mayor twice but was unsuccessful.
Leinweber ran for a seat to the Alberta legislature for the first time in a by-election held on January 19, 1961 in the electoral district of Medicine Hat. He faced three other candidates in a hotly contested race, winning just under half the popular vote to win his seat in the legislature and hold the district for Social Credit.
Leinweber stood for a second term in office in the 1963 Alberta general election. He improved his vote percentage winning over 51% of the popular vote in the district over three other candidates to win.
Leinweber ran for his third and final term in the 1967 Alberta general election. He just barely held onto his seat winning over a fractured opposition. Leinweber won the district with just 40% of the popular vote defeating future MLA Jim Horsman. He retired from the Legislature at dissolution in 1971.