Frank Grisdale

Frank Sydney Grisdale BSc. CBE
MLA for Olds
In office 1930–1935
Preceded by	Nelson Smith
Succeeded by	Herbert Ash
Personal details
Born	1887 Hudson, Quebec
Died	1976
Spouse(s)	Amy Kline
Children	Elizabeth, Margueritte,Lloyd Carl (1919), J.Hiram(1923),
Residence	Olds, Alberta
Alma mater	BSc. Macdonald college, McGill, 1911
Occupation	Agriculture, Education

Frank Sydney Grisdale BSc. CBE (1887–1976) was a provincial level politician from Olds, Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1935. He sat with the United Farmers caucus and served briefly from 1934 to 1935 as a cabinet minister in the government of Premier Richard Gavin Reid. He was the first principal of the Olds Agricultural College.

Political career

Grisdale ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature in the 1930 Alberta general election. He was the United Farmers candidate for the Olds electoral district. He defeated Liberal candidate George Clark in a closely contested election winning by a couple hundred votes.

Grisdale was appointed to the Executive Council of Alberta Cabinet as Minister of Agriculture taking the post over from George Hoadley on June 2, 1934.

He ran for re-election in the 1935 Alberta general election and was defeated in a landslide by Social Credit candidate Herbert Ash.

Grisdale would attempt to return to the Alberta Legislature as an Independent candidate in the 1940 Alberta general election. The race for the district was hotly contested. Grisdale won the 1st vote hold a lead of 110 votes over Social Credit candidate Norman Cook. Incumbent Herbert Ash, who was also an Independent ran a distant third and was eliminated. Most of Ash's second preferences went to Cook and put him ahead to win by less than a 100 votes on the second count.

External links

• Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing