Preceded by George Hudson Preceded by Richard Reid Died February 9, 1981 Premier Richard Reid Role Politician | Constituency Wainwright Name John Love Succeeded by William Masson Succeeded by Charles Cockroft Party United Farmers of Alberta | |
John Russell Love (January 9, 1895 – February 9, 1981) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government. During his time in office Love served as a cabinet Minister in the government of Richard Reid from 1934 to 1935.
Political career
Love ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1921 Alberta general election as a candidate under the United Farmers banner. He won a landslide in the three-way race defeating incumbent George Hudson to pick up the seat for his party.
Love ran for a second term in office in the 1926 Alberta general election. He faced Hudson for the second election in a two-way battle. Despite losing some popular vote to Hudson who managed to make a solid challenge Love still rolled up a comfortable majority to hold his seat.
Love ran for a third term in the 1930 Alberta general election. He faced a closely contested three-way race. Love hung on to win in the second vote count over Independent candidate E.A. Pitman.
Premier Richard Reid who took over in 1934 appointed Love to his cabinet. On July 10, 1934 Love became Provincial Treasurer. Love decided to change districts when he ran for re-election in the 1935 Alberta general election. He faced a hotly contested five-way race in the electoral district of Sturgeon. Love finished a distant third on the first count and was eliminated in transfers. He was defeated by Social Credit candidate James Popil.