Alban Ellison

{{Short description|Canadian mayor (1889–1974)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Alban Ellison | image = | image_size = 150px | office = [[Mayor of Regina]] | predecessor = [[Cornelius Rink]] | successor = [[James Grassick]] | term_start = 1936 | term_end = 1939 | birth_date = {{birth date|1889|1|26}} | birth_place = Wortley, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1974|11|27|1889|1|26}} | death_place = [[New Westminster, British Columbia]] | spouse = | occupation = lawyer | party = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = }} '''Alban Cedric Ellison''' (January 26, 1889 – November 27, 1974) was an [[England|English]]-born<ref name="sask">{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://esask.uregina.ca/entry/ellison_alban_cedric_1889-.jsp |title=Ellison, Alban Cedric (1889-?) |last=Massie |first=Merle |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan |accessdate=2009-08-22 |archive-date=2019-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216035459/https://esask.uregina.ca/entry/ellison_alban_cedric_1889-.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref> lawyer<ref name="simmons"/> and political figure in [[Saskatchewan]], Canada. He was mayor of [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]] from 1936 to 1939.

Ellison was elected to [[Regina City Council]] as a Labour Party councillor in 1932, 1934 and 1936. He was defeated by [[James Grassick]] when he ran for reelection in 1939 in part due to allegations of [[Communism|Communist]] influences on the city council.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/regina/central/admin_cora_b_19.html |title=City Council 1939 |work=Regina: The Early Years 1880-1950 |publisher=Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists|accessdate=2009-08-22}}</ref> Ellison served in the navy during [[World War I]] and [[World War II]]. He authored a number of mystery stories. Ellison served for many years as registrar at the Regina courthouse.<ref name="simmons">{{cite book |url=http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=8539 |title=Regina, the street where you live : the origins of Regina street names |last=Simmons |first=Dale |page=28 |year=2000 |accessdate=2009-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615064158/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=8539 |archive-date=2011-06-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1940, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] in the riding of [[Wood Mountain (electoral district)|Wood Mountain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/Federal-Elec-Results-by-Elec-Dist-Sask.pdf |title=Federal Election Results by Electoral District, Saskatchewan |publisher=Saskatchewan Archives Board |accessdate=2009-08-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601035750/http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/Federal-Elec-Results-by-Elec-Dist-Sask.pdf |archivedate=2011-06-01 }}</ref> He died at [[New Westminster, British Columbia]] in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/images/getimage/genealogy/screensize/b032d337-54e7-40f2-8811-4a57ac155902 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714195325/http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/images/getimage/genealogy/screensize/b032d337-54e7-40f2-8811-4a57ac155902 |archive-date=2014-07-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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