# Austin Claypool > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Austin_Claypool > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Austin_Claypool.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Claypool > Source revision: 1349785312 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Canadian politician (1887–1956)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Austin Claypool.png | image_size = 180px | name = Austin Bingley Claypool | caption = | birth_date = April 13, 1887 | birth_place = [Muncie, Indiana](/source/Muncie%2C_Indiana), U.S.{{cite journal|title=Guide Parlementaire Canadien|author1=Normandin, P.G.|author2=Normandin, A.L.|journal=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien|date=1929|publisher=P. G. Normandin|issn=0315-6168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2FdLAAAAMAAJ|access-date=May 29, 2015}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1956|6|4|1887|4|13}} | death_place = near [Muncie, Indiana](/source/Muncie%2C_Indiana) | office = [Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Alberta) | constituency = [Didsbury](/source/Didsbury_(provincial_electoral_district)) | term_start = July 18, 1921 | term_end = August 22, 1935 | predecessor = [Henry Atkins](/source/Henry_B._Atkins) | successor = [Edward Foster](/source/Edward_P._Foster) | party = [United Farmers](/source/United_Farmers_of_Alberta) | other_party = [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada) | spouse = | children = | occupation = politician | branch = | allegiance = | battles = | service_years = | rank = | unit = | commands = | awards = }} '''Austin Bingley Claypool''' (April 13, 1887 – June 4, 1956) was a provincial politician from [Alberta](/source/Alberta), Canada. He served as a member of the [Legislative Assembly of Alberta](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Alberta) from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government. ==Political career== Claypool ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the [1921 Alberta general election](/source/1921_Alberta_general_election). He ran as a United Farmers candidate in the electoral district of Didsbury. Claypool defeated Liberal candidate George Webber with a comfortable majority to win the two-way race.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1921&Constit=Didsbury| title=Didsbury Official Results 1921 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=April 29, 2010}} Claypool ran for a second term in the [1926 Alberta general election](/source/1926_Alberta_general_election). The race was contested by three candidates. Claypool won a large majority despite losing some of his popular vote from 1921.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1926&Constit=Didsbury| title=Didsbury Official Results 1926 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=April 29, 2010}} The [1930 Alberta general election](/source/1930_Alberta_general_election) would see Claypool stand for his third term. He ran in a two-way race against Independent W.A. Austin and beat him by less than 300 votes to hold his seat.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1930&Constit=Didsbury| title=Didsbury Official Results 1930 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=April 29, 2010}} Claypool ran for a fourth term in the [1935 Alberta general election](/source/1935_Alberta_general_election) but was defeated in the four-way race finishing a distant second place to Social Credit candidate Edward Foster.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1935&Constit=Didsbury| title=Didsbury Official Results 1935 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=April 29, 2010}} Claypool made a bid to run for a seat to the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) in the [1940 federal election](/source/1940_Canadian_federal_election). He ran in a five-way race as a [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada) candidate but was defeated finishing a close second to incumbent [Charles Johnston](/source/Charles_Edward_Johnston).{{cite web|title=Bow River Election Results|date=March 26, 1940|publisher=Parliament of Canada|access-date=May 2, 2010|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=6456}} Claypool died in an automobile crash near his hometown of Muncie, Indiana in 1956.{{cite news |title=Dies in Crash. |newspaper=The [Calgary Herald](/source/Calgary_Herald) |date=June 5, 1956 |page=15 }} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing] {{DEFAULTSORT:Claypool, Austin}} Category:United Farmers of Alberta MLAs Category:Candidates in the 1940 Canadian federal election Category:1887 births Category:1956 deaths Category:People from Muncie, Indiana Category:American emigrants to Canada Category:Liberal Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Category:Road incident deaths in Indiana Category:Alberta candidates for Member of Parliament Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Austin Claypool](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Claypool) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Claypool?action=history)). 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