# Joseph Stauffer

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Lieutenant **Joseph Emmett Stauffer** (October 29, 1874 – April 10, 1917) was a teacher, politician and soldier from [Alberta](/source/Alberta).[1]

## Early life

Stauffer was born October 29, 1874, in [Manassas, Virginia](/source/Manassas,_Virginia), to parents of [German-Swiss](/source/German-Swiss) ancestry.[2] He moved to Canada at a young age with his family, and was educated at [Berlin, Ontario](/source/Berlin,_Ontario). He married Emma Ernst.[2] Stauffer worked as a real estate agent, forest ranger, and Homestead Inspector.[2]

## Political career

Stauffer was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the [1909 Alberta legislature](/source/1909_Alberta_general_election). In that election he defeated incumbent [Cornelius Hiebert](/source/Cornelius_Hiebert) in a landslide in the new [Didsbury](/source/Didsbury_(provincial_electoral_district)) district.[3]

He was re-elected to a second term in office in the [1913 Alberta legislature](/source/1913_Alberta_general_election), winning with a comfortable but reduced plurality.[4]

## Military career

Stauffer enlisted in the [Canadian Expeditionary Force](/source/Canadian_Expeditionary_Force) and served overseas with the Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment) [50th Battalion](/source/50th_Battalion_(Calgary),_CEF) in [World War I](/source/World_War_I). He kept his seat in the provincial legislature while he was overseas fighting in the war. On April 10, 1917, he was killed in action during the [Battle of Vimy Ridge](/source/Battle_of_Vimy_Ridge).[5][6]

[Lieutenant Governor](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Alberta) [Robert Brett](/source/Robert_Brett) honored Stauffer's memory and military service by making special note in the [Throne Speech](/source/Speech_from_the_Throne) at the opening of the [4th Alberta Legislative Assembly](/source/4th_Alberta_Legislative_Assembly) on February 7, 1918.[7]

The small town of [Stauffer](/source/Stauffer,_Alberta), [Alberta](/source/Alberta) is named in his honor.[8]

## References

1. Mardon, Ernest G & Mardon, Austin A (2012). [*The Liberals in Power in Alberta 1905-1921*](https://books.google.com/books?id=PhfHAwAAQBAJ&q=joseph+emmett+stauffer+1874&pg=PA78). Golden Meteorite Press. p. 79. ISBN 9781897480083. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

1. ["The Canadian Parliamentary Guide"](https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame1914unse). *The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien*. Ottawa: Mortimer Company Ltd. 1916. [ISSN 0315-6168](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0315-6168). [OCLC 266967058](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/266967058). Retrieved August 9, 2020.

1. ["Didsbury Official Results 1909 Alberta general election"](http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1909&Constit=Didsbury). Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1. ["Didsbury Official Results 1913 Alberta general election"](http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1913&Constit=Didsbury). Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1. ["Joseph Emmett Stauffer service record"](http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=1576110). Veterans Affairs Canada. Retrieved 2007-08-02.

1. ["Many Homes Here Suffer Bereavement"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Pr9jAAAAIBAJ&pg=1176%2C4521663). *[Calgary Herald](/source/Calgary_Herald)*. April 20, 1917. p. 4. Retrieved December 27, 2020.

1. ["Speech from the throne"](https://archive.today/20120908230108/http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/law/page.aspx?id=3466965). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. February 7, 1918. Archived from [the original](http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/law/page.aspx?id=3466965) on September 8, 2012. Retrieved 2007-08-02.

1. ["German place names and topographical names in Alberta"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110521100406/http://www.ualberta.ca/~german/PAA/Placenames.htm). University of Alberta. Archived from [the original](https://www.ualberta.ca/~german/PAA/Placenames.htm) on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2007-08-02.

## External links

- [Lieutenant Joseph Emmitt Stauffer](https://canadiangreatwarproject.com/person.php?pid=53475) – Canadian Great War Project

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