Louis Roberts

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Louis Melville Roberts (December 15, 1879 – February 11, 1958) was an American-Canadian politician from Alberta.

Louis Melville Roberts
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office March 22, 1909 – April 16, 1913
Preceded by	Albert Robertson
Succeeded by	George Douglas Stanley
Constituency	High River
Personal details
Born	(1879-12-15)December 15, 1879 Cedar County, Iowa
Died	February 11, 1958(1958-02-11) (aged 78) Stettler, Alberta
Political party	Liberal
Alma mater	University of Iowa

Early life

Louis Melville Roberts was born December 15, 1879, to Scottish parents in Cedar County, Iowa.^[1] He attended the University of Iowa completing a Bachelor of Laws.^[1] He married Helen Atkinson on July 12, 1906, and had two children together.^[1]

Roberts constructed "Roberts Block", a three-storey brick warehouse on 11th Avenue in Calgary in 1909, which remains standing to this day.^[2][3]

Political life

Roberts was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1909 Alberta general election, for the Alberta Liberal Party. During his campaign, he was accused of winning the High River nomination under suspect circumstances. He would win a hotly contested election knocking off future High River Conservative MLA George Douglas Stanley by 8 votes.^[4]

Roberts served only one term in the Assembly.