Adalbert James Moses Poole (1881-1970)

Farmer, MLA (1927-1932), MLA (1933-1936).

Born on the family farm near Neepawa, Manitoba on 11 December 1881, son of Timothy Poole and Francis Ducklow, he was educated at rural school and business college. In 1909 he settled on a farm in the Springhill district, ten miles northwest of Neepawa. In 1918 he moved to a farm at Kelwood. He retired from active farming in 1954 and moved to Neepawa in 1961.

On 29 December 1909, he married Alice Watson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Watson, of Arden, Manitoba. They had two daughters: Jessie Melrose Poole (wife of I. M. Buchanan) and Evelyn Alice Poole (wife of P. G. Fletcher). He was a director of the Manitoba Wheat Pool for three years, served as President of the United Farmers of Manitoba from 1925 to 1928, President of the Canadian Council of Agriculture from 1927 to 1928. He was first elected to the Manitoba Legislature at the 1927 general election. He was an active member of the United Church of Canada, serving as lay preacher, elder, clerk, recording steward, and Sunday School superintendent.

He died at Neepawa, Manitoba on 26 September 1970 and was buried in Riverside Cemetery at Neepawa.

Sources:

The Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1929.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 1 October 1970, page 39.

Profile revised: 26 December 2009

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