{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{for|the British draughtsman, printer and painter|Samuel Calvert (painter)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Calvert Samuel W.png | image_size = 180px
| | name = Samuel Wesley Calvert | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1867|9|16}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1956|3|11|1867|9|16}} | death_place = Edmonton, Alberta | birth_place = Caledon, Ontario | office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | constituency = Victoria | term_start = August 22, 1935 | term_end = March 21, 1940 | predecessor = Peter Miskew | successor = District abolished | party = Social Credit | occupation = soldier and politician | branch = Non-Permanent Active Militia | allegiance = Canada | battles = | service_years = | rank = Corporal | unit = 19th Alberta Dragoons | commands = | awards = }} '''Samuel Wesley Calvert''' (September 16, 1867 – March 11, 1956) was a soldier and politician. He was mayor of Chipman, Alberta, and as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1940 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.
==Early life== Calvert was a corporal in the 19th Alberta Dragoons, a cavalry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia.<ref name="mayorfight"/>
==Political career== Calvert began his political career by serving as Mayor of Chipman, Alberta.<ref name="mayorfight">{{cite web| url= http://members.tripod.com/~Roughian/index-80.html| archive-url= https://archive.today/19990209062315/http://members.tripod.com/~Roughian/index-80.html| url-status= dead| archive-date= February 9, 1999| title= Canadian Orangeism and W. W. 1 part 2| publisher= Roughian| accessdate= July 11, 2010}}</ref>
Calvert ran for a seat in the legislature in the 1935 Alberta general election as a Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Victoria. He defeated three other candidates with a large majority to pick up the seat for his party.<ref name="1935 official">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1935&Constit=Victoria| title=Victoria Results 1935 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 16, 2010}}</ref>
Calvert did not run for a second term and retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1940.
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Alberta Legislature Membership Listing]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Calvert, Samuel}} Category:Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs Category:20th-century mayors of places in Alberta Category:1867 births Category:1956 deaths Category:Canadian military personnel from Ontario Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta