Political party Conservative Name Hugh Farthing | Role Politician | |
Preceded by Alexander McGillivray
Robert Parkyn Succeeded by Edith Gostick
Ernest Manning
Fred Anderson
John Hugill Born July 17, 1892
Woodstock, Ontario ( 1892-07-17 ) Died June 8, 1968, Calgary, Canada Party Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta | ||
Hugh Cragg Farthing (July 17, 1892 – June 8, 1968) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 until 1935 representing the electoral district of Calgary.
He was educated at Kingston Collegiate Institute and McGill University, where he was a member of The Kappa Alpha Society. His education at McGill was interrupted by service in World War I.
Political career
Farthing ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature in the Calgary electoral district for the 1930 Alberta general election. He won his seat on the 7th vote count taking third place overall. He was defeated running for a second term in office in the 1935 Alberta general election.
After his defeat from provincial politics Farthing ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1940 Canadian federal election in the electoral district of Calgary East under the National Government banner. He was defeated finishing a close third, in a race that ended in one of the most dramatic four way splits in Canadian History.
In 1957 Farthing was appointed a Judge of the District Court of Southern Alberta.