John Lymburn

John Lymburn
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
June 28, 1926 – August 22, 1935
Serving with
Preceded by
Succeeded by
ConstituencyEdmonton
Attorney-General of Alberta
In office
June 5, 1926 – September 3, 1935
Preceded byJohn Edward Brownlee
Succeeded byJohn Hugill
Personal details
Born(1880-09-25)September 25, 1880
Ayr, Scotland
DiedNovember 25, 1969(1969-11-25) (aged 89)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
NationalityScottish Canadian
Political partyUnited Farmers of Alberta (1926–mid-1930s)
Spouse
Isabella Marguerite Clark
(m. 1912; died 1958)
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
OccupationLawyer, Attorney-General of Alberta, and King's Counsel.

John Farquhar Lymburn QC (September 25, 1880[1] – November 25, 1969) was a Canadian politician who served as Attorney-General of Alberta from 1926 until 1935. Born and educated in Scotland, he came to Canada in 1911 and practiced law in Edmonton. In 1925, John Edward Brownlee became Premier of Alberta, and sought a lawyer without partisan affiliation to succeed him as attorney-general. Lymburn accepted the position, and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1926 election. As attorney-general, Lymburn took part in negotiations between the Alberta and federal governments over natural resource rights, prepared Alberta's submission in the Persons case, and played a minor role in the sex scandal that forced Brownlee from office. In the 1935 provincial election, Lymburn and all other United Farmers of Alberta candidates were defeated, as William Aberhart led the Social Credit League to victory. Lymburn made an unsuccessful attempt to return to the legislature in 1942, and briefly returned to prominence during the Bankers' Toadies incident, before dying in 1969.

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