predecessor parliament successor birth_place constituency_mp death_date death_place party birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
william john blair canadian robert fair england battle river 1 october 1972 comox , british columbia progressive 1926-1935 -rrb- -lrb- 1921-1926 -rrb- united farmers of alberta -lrb- 7 march 1882 1921 henry -lrb- 16867223822 -rrb- . jpg elvins spencer - -lrb- ca. 1917 -1925 -rrb- henry elvins spencer
 1935 henry elvins spencer
henry elvins spencer

henry elvins spencer -lrb- 7 march 1882 -- 1 october 1972 -rrb- was a canadian politician .
born in england , spencer worked as a printer and publisher in paris from 1906 to 1907 before emigrating to canada in 1908 .
settling in alberta , he worked as a farmer .
from 1917 to 1921 , he was the provincial secretary of the united farmers of alberta .
he was first elected to the canadian house of commons for the riding of battle river in the 1921 federal election .
a member of the united farmers of alberta , he was re-elected in 1925 , 1926 , and 1930 .
he belonged to the ginger group of radical mps and was a founding member of the co-operative commonwealth federation in 1932 .
he was defeated as a ccf candidate in the 1935 election and again in 1940 and 1945 .
he retired to comox , british columbia in 1948 and died in 1972 .
