Archie Matheson

Archibald Malcolm (Archie) Matheson ɗan siyasan Kanada ne wanda ya wakilci Vegreville a Majalisar Dokoki ta Alberta daga 1921 har zuwa 1935.  An zabe shi a zaben 1921 kuma ya sake zaɓe shi a 1926 da 1930 a matsayin memba na United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) gabaɗayan ofishin mulkin sa.

Duk da wannan, Matheson ya saba adawa da manufofin gwamnati. A cikin Janairu 1923 ya yi adawa da gwamnatin Herbert Greenfield ta ci gaba da goyon bayan haramcin, yana mai cewa "Wannan gwamnati ta yi aiki a matsayin masanin falsafa, jagora, kuma Allah ga mutane dadewa."  A cikin 1926, ya nuna rashin jin daɗi da jinkirin da gwamnatin John Brownlee ta yi na samar da sabon ofishin 'yan sanda don hawansa, har ya kai ga yin barazanar tayar da batun a majalisa.  A cikin Fabrairu 1928, ya jagoranci 'yan adawa ga shawarar Brownlee na keɓance lauyoyi da kamfanoni masu amincewa da ke son yin aiki a matsayin wakilai na gidaje daga sabon $ 1,000 bond da ake buƙata ga wasu masu son yin hakan. Matheson ya ba da shawarar kawar da wannan keɓancewa da haɓaka adadin haɗin zuwa $5,000. Ya yi nasara a wani bangare: haɗin ya kasance a $ 1,000 kuma kamfanonin amintattu sun kasance masu keɓe, amma an hana lauyoyi daga kasuwancin ƙasa gaba ɗaya.  Matheson kuma ya kasance babban abokin adawar Dokar Haɓakar Jima'i ta Alberta, kuma ya yi ƙoƙarin dakatar da muhawara kafin a zo jefa ƙuri'a. Lokacin da ya kasa, ya ki kada kuri'ar karshe a matsayin alamar nuna rashin amincewa.  Ya kasance mai ba da shawara ga manoma kuma a cikin 1930s ya ba da shawarar cewa gwamnati ta ba da sanarwar dakatar da karbar basussuka daga gare su. 

Hankalinsa na zalunci ga gwamnati wani lokaci yana biya, kamar yadda yake a cikin yunkurinsa na gina kotun a Vegreville. A cikin 1929 an sanya Vegreville a matsayin yanki na shari'a, wanda ya ba shi izinin ofisoshin kotu, mataimakin sheriff, da magatakarda na kotu. A shekara ta gaba an ba da cikakken gidan kotu. 

Matheson ya nemi sake tsayawa takara a zaben 1935, amma ya kammala na uku mai nisa, tare da shiga kowane dan takara na UFA a lardin a shan kaye, yayin da sabuwar Kungiyar Lamuni ta Social Credit ta William Aberhart ta samu babban rinjaye.

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Rukuni:Haifaffun 1891