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William Moffat (Alberta politician)
William Moffat
was a
politician
from
Alberta, Canada
. He was first elected to the
Alberta legislature
in the
1913 general election
under the
banner
of the
Alberta Liberal Party
. In the
1917 general election
he was
defeated
by
Louise McKinney
, who thus became
the first woman
elected to a
Legislature
in the
British Empire
.
William
Moffat
was the
Town of Claresholm's
first
resident
and Mayor.