Albert Draper

Background

The son of William Draper and Jane Stanley, Draper was born in Saint Mary"s, Ontario, and became a farmer in Elgin, Manitoba.

Career

He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Progressive Conservative from 1955 to 1958. Draper was elected to the Manitoba legislature in a by-election held on June 27, 1955, defeating Liberal-Progressive candidate Robert East. Moffat by almost 700 votes in the constituency of Deloraine-Glenwood. He died in Winnipeg at the age of 65.

Achievements

• He served from 1915 to 1918 in France during World War I, and achieved the rank of Sergeant Major. He did not seek re-election in the 1958 provincial election, in which the Progressive Conservatives won a minority government.