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Ashby, Patrick Harvey
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Dates of existence
1890-1985
History
Patrick Harvey Ashby, 1890-1985, was born in England. He came to Canada in 1905 and was educated at McGill University in Montreal. He fought with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in First World War, then moved to Alberta to work at the Raymond Experimental Station. In 1921 he married, and he and his wife, Fanny, had four children, Terence, Roy, Thelma (Gillese) and Eleanor (Bevan). In 1922 he moved to Ellerslie where he farmed until his retirement in 1965. He was a keen student of Major C.H. Douglas and economics, and sat as the Social Credit Member of Parliament for Edmonton East, 1945-1948. In 1967 the Ashbys moved to Campbell River, British Columbia.