- Aylmer Liesemer
Aylmer "Alymer" "A.J.E" John Eggert Liesemer (born
November 27 ,1905 ) is a retired politician and teacher inAlberta ,Canada .Early life
Aylmer was born in Didsbury,
Alberta in 1905. He received all of his early public grade school in Didsbury with the exception of 1 year in Calgary.In 1921 and 1922, Mr. Liesemer attended Normal School in Calgary at what became the AdministrationBuilding for the
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology . He was one of the first class of graduates from that school.Aylmer became a teacher and taught in Didsbury and Calgary. Aylmer started teaching High School students in 1930 through to his retirement in 1970. He was an instructor in history, geography and social studies at Crescent Heights High School in Calgary. He kept teaching while still performing his duties in the public offices he held.
Muncipal politics
Aylmer served as an Alderman for the city of Calgary from 1934 to 1937. In 1937 he challenged Incumbent Mayor
Andrew Davison but failed in his bid to defeat the mayor.Provincial career
Aylmer Liesemer first ran as a Labor politician in the 1935 Alberta general election and was badly defeated finishing 15th out of 20 candidates.
Liesemer attempted to run for federal politics in the 1940 Canadian federal election in the Bow River electoral district. He ran as the
Cooperative Commonwealth candidate finishing 4th out of 5 candidates losing to incumbentCharles Edward Johnston .Liesemer would run again in the 1944 Alberta general election this time as a candidate for the provincialCooperative Commonwealth he find electoral success winning the 5th spot in theSingle Transferable Vote . Aylmer would be reelected to a second term in the 1948 Alberta general election and ultimately defeated after serving two terms in the 1952 Alberta general election.He attempted to win his seat back running in Calgary North in the 1959 Alberta general election but was badly defeated by incumbent
Rose Wilkinson from Social Credit. Liesemer is currently retired and lives in Calgary. cn|date = September 2008External links
* [http://www.calgary.ca/DocGallery/BU/cityclerks/caldermen.pdf City of Calgary, Aldermanic Galley Page 107]
* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta membership list]
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