Cec Purves
| Cec Purves | |
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| 30th Mayor of Edmonton | |
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In office October 19, 1977 – October 17, 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Terry Cavanagh |
| Succeeded by | Laurence Decore |
| Alderman on the Edmonton City Council (Ward 2) | |
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In office October 13, 1971 – October 16, 1974 Serving with Alex Fallow, David Ward |
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| Preceded by | New district |
| Succeeded by | Laurence Decore, Olivia Butti, David Leadbeater |
| Alderman on the Edmonton City Council (at large) | |
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In office October 19, 1966 – October 13, 1971 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 18, 1933 Edmonton, Alberta |
| Political party | Better Civic Government Committee, Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Clare Heller |
| Children | Four daughters |
| Profession | Businessman |
| Religion | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Cecil John Harry "Cec" Purves (born October 18, 1933) is a politician in Alberta, Canada, who served as mayor of Edmonton.
Purves was born in Edmonton on October 18, 1933. He grew up in the city's Riverdale district and graduated from high school in the city. On December 29, 1956 he married Clare Heller, with whom he would have four daughters.
He worked for the Dominion Bank from 1950 until 1959, and worked for his family's upholstering firm, Apex Auto Upholstering, from 1950 until 1988.
Purves did not graduate from university, but has taken a variety of business and self-improvement courses.
Purves' first bid for political office took place during the 1964 municipal election, when he ran unsuccessfully for Protestant school trustee. He finished eleventh of twenty-one candidates; the top seven were elected.
He ran for Edmonton City Council instead in the 1966 election, and was elected as one of twelve aldermen, finishing ninth of thirty-two candidates. He was re-elected in the 1968 election, finishing fifth out of thirty-two candidates. While still in office, he sought the Social Credit nomination in Edmonton-Strathcona for the 1971 provincial election, but was defeated by Strathcona Centre incumbent Joseph Donovan Ross (who was defeated in the general election by Progressive Conservative Julian Koziak). In the 1971 election, Edmonton was for the first time divided into aldermanic wards; three aldermen would be elected from each of the four wards. Purves ran in Ward 2, and finished first out of eleven candidates.
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