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  • Charles Pingle
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  • Charles Stueart "Charlie" Pingle (October 16, 1880 – January 10, 1928) was a druggist, politician and service man in Alberta, Canada. Pingle was born in Manitoba. After attending schools in Winnipeg, he apprenticed a druggist in Regina for two years before writing pharmaceutical exams and moving to Alberta to establish his own shop. One of the founding citizens of Medicine Hat, Alberta, he served in various boards and associations within the community. After serving as an alderman in Medicine Hat, in 1915, Pingle enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and was stationed in France, where he served for about 5 months before returning to Canada.
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serviceyears
  • --05-25
term start
  • 1913-03-25
  • 1920-02-17
  • 1925-09-29
Birth Date
  • 1880-10-16
Residence
  • Medicine Hat, Alberta
Branch
death place
  • Medicine Hat, Alberta
Spouse
  • Jean McLeay
Name
  • Charles Steuart Pingle
Party
Birth Place
  • near Morris, Manitoba
term end
  • 1921-07-18
  • 1928-01-19
death date
  • 1928-01-10
Allegiance
  • Canada
Battles
  • World War I
Successor
alongside
Relations
Children
  • Charles Glendining
  • Robert Warren
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Predecessor
abstract
  • Charles Stueart "Charlie" Pingle (October 16, 1880 – January 10, 1928) was a druggist, politician and service man in Alberta, Canada. Pingle was born in Manitoba. After attending schools in Winnipeg, he apprenticed a druggist in Regina for two years before writing pharmaceutical exams and moving to Alberta to establish his own shop. One of the founding citizens of Medicine Hat, Alberta, he served in various boards and associations within the community. After serving as an alderman in Medicine Hat, in 1915, Pingle enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and was stationed in France, where he served for about 5 months before returning to Canada. After winning a seat as a Liberal in the 1913 Alberta general election and being returned to office again in 1917, Pingle was selected as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in 1920, in which he served until he was defeated in the 1921 Alberta general election by United Farmers candidate William Smith in a close race. He returned to the Assembly in a 1925 by-election in the riding of Medicine Hat, in which he served until his sudden death in 1928.