Joseph State

Joseph Ephraim State
Joseph Ephraim State
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
	In office; June 7, 1917 – August 10, 1923
Preceded by	Henry William McKenney
Succeeded by	District Abolished
Constituency	Clearwater
Personal details
Born	June 15, 1867; London, Ontario
Died	August 10, 1923 (aged 56)
Party	Liberal
Alma mater	Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery
Occupation	Physician, surgeon

Joseph Ephraim State (June 15, 1867 – August 10, 1923) was a Canadian provincial level politician and physician from Alberta.

Early life

Joseph Ephraim State was born June 15, 1867, in London, Ontario to James State and Mary State. He attended primary school in London and medical school at Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery.^[1]

State was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as a representative for the controversial electoral district of Clearwater after the retirement of long time Alberta Liberal Party MLA Henry William McKenney. He was elected to his 1st term in office in the 1917 Alberta general election and was re-elected in the 1921 Alberta general election. In that election he survived the United Farmers sweep that defeated the Liberal government from power in 1921, however no member of the United Farmers of Alberta ran in his district.

↑ Normandin, A. L., ed. (1924). "The Canadian Parliamentary Guide". The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien. Ottawa: Mortimer Company Ltd.: 535. ISSN 0315-6168. OCLC 893686591. Retrieved August 9, 2020.

Preceded by

MLA Clearwater
1917-1924

Succeeded by

District Abolished

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