Edith Gostick

Edith Gostick
MLA for Calgary
In office 1935–1940
Preceded by	Hugh Farthing William Ross Fred White Norman Hindsley
Succeeded by	James Mahaffy William Aberhart Andrew Davison
Personal details
Born	January 15, 1894 Porth, South Wales[1]
Died	July 8, 1984(1984-07-08) (aged 90) Saanichton, British Columbia
Political party	Social Credit

Edith Hannah Gostick (née Thomas; January 15, 1894 – July 8, 1984) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as a representative from the electoral district of Calgary from 1935 to 1940.

Political career

Gostick ran for a seat as a Social Credit Party of Alberta candidate in the Alberta Legislature in the 1935 Alberta general election. She was declared elected on the 18th vote count, taking the fourth seat in the Legislature.^[2] Gostick ran for re-election in the 1940 general election but was defeated.^[3]

Her son Ron Gostick was a well-known publisher of anti-Semitic and far right literature.

References

1. "HeRMIS - PAA".
2. "Calgary results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
3. "Calgary results 1940 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 2009-05-17.

External links

• Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing