Samuel A. Barnes
| Samuel Augustus Gordon Barnes | |
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| Edmonton Public School Trustee | |
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In office December 12, 1910 – December 10, 1917 |
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In office December 8, 1919 – December 14, 1925 |
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In office December 13, 1926 – November 12, 1936 |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
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In office August 22, 1935 – March 21, 1940 Serving with David Duggan (1935–1940), Edward Gray (1937–1940), William Howson (1935–1936), Walter Morrish (1936–1940), David Mullen (1935-1940), Gerald O'Connor (1935–1940) and George Van Allen (1935–1937) |
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| Preceded by | William Atkinson, Charles Gibbs, Frederick Jamieson and John Lymburn |
| Succeeded by | Norman James, Hugh John MacDonald, Ernest Manning, John Page |
| Constituency | Edmonton |
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August 10, 1875 Warwick, Ontario |
| Died | April 14, 1941 (aged 65) Edmonton, Alberta |
| Political party | Social Credit |
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Independent Progressive |
| Spouse(s) | Florence Shaver |
| Residence | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Occupation | teacher, insurance salesman and politician |
Samuel Augustus Gordon Barnes (August 10, 1875 – April 14, 1941) was a teacher, insurance salesman and politician from Alberta, Canada. He held public office on both the municipal and provincial levels of government in the province. He served for decades as an Edmonton Public School trustee, his first stint was from 1910 to 1917 and then from 1919 to 1925 and a third stint from 1926 to 1936. He also served a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1940 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government and later as an Independent in opposition.
Samuel Augustus Gordon Barnes was born in 1875 in Warwick, Ontario. He grew up in the community taking his early schooling there. He moved to Toronto for his post secondary education taking it at Strathroy Collegiate Institute, Toronto Normal School and Toronto School of Pedagogy.
Barnes moved west after completing his education. He settled in the Northwest Territories at Melfort in 1897 and began a career as a school teacher. He lived in the town for five years before moving east to attend the University of Manitoba for a degree in mathematics. He moved back west settling in Edmonton in 1905. Shortly after arriving he founded an insurance business, that he ran until his death in 1941.
Barnes began his political career running for a seat as a trustee on the Edmonton Public School Board in the 1910 municipal election. He finished in third place of six candidates earning the final seat and his first two year term in office.
Due to a merger between the city of Strathcona and the city of Edmonton an early municipal election needed to be held. Barnes stood for his second term in the February 1912 municipal election. All candidates running for school board were elected, with Barnes finishing in third place to take another 2 year term.
With the reset of election cycles after the city merger Barnes two year term was cut short. He stood for his third term in the 1913 municipal election. He slipped to fourth place in the standings but was still re-elected for another two years.
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