- Joseph Stauffer
Lieutenant Joseph Emmett Stauffer (born: 1874 - died:
April 10 ,1917 Vimy ,France ) was a teacher politician and soldier fromAlberta ,Canada .Political career
Stauffer was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1909 Alberta legislature. In that election he defeated incumbent
Cornelius Hiebert in a landslide in the new Didsbury district.He was re-elected to a second term in office in the 1913 Alberta legislature, winning with a comfortable but reduced plurality.
Military career
Stauffer enlisted in the
Canadian Forces and served overseas with the Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment) 50th Battalion inWorld War I . He kept his seat in the provincial legislature while he was overseas fighting in the war. OnApril 10 ,1917 he was killed in action during theBattle of Vimy Ridge . [cite web | url=http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=1576110 | title = Joseph Emmett Stauffer service record | publisher = Veterans Affairs Canada | accessdate = 2007-08-02 ]Lieutenant governor
Robert Brett honored Stauffer's memory and military service by making special note in the Throne Speech at the opening of the4th Alberta Legislative Assembly onFebruary 7 ,1918 . [cite web | url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/law/page.aspx?id=3466965 | title = Speech from the throne | date=February 7, 1918| publisher = Legislative Assembly of Alberta | accessdate = 2007-08-02 ]The small town of Stauffer,
Alberta is named in his honor. [cite web | url=http://www.ualberta.ca/~german/PAA/Placenames.htm | title = German place names and topographical names in Alberta | publisher = University of Alberta | accessdate = 2007-08-02 ]References
External links
* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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