Vincent Segur, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Vincent Segur

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 02-May-1887

Place of Birth: Danbury, Iowa, United States

Date of Death: 25-Feb-1965

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Vincent Segur

  • Vincent Spies Segur (May 2, 1887 – February 25, 1965) was an American-born locomotive engineer and political figure in British Columbia.
  • He represented Revelstoke in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1943 to 1945 and from 1952 to 1956 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member. He was born in Danbury, Iowa and came to Lacombe, Alberta with his family while still young.
  • In 1908, he was working in lumber camps on Vancouver Island and, the following year, joined the Canadian Pacific Railway, where he worked as a fireman and train engineer stationed in Revelstoke.
  • Segur ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1933.
  • He was first elected to the assembly in a 1943 by-election held following the death of Harry Johnston but he was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1945 and 1949.
  • He retired from the railway in 1952 and was again elected to the assembly later that year.
  • Segur retired from politics in 1956 and moved to Vernon.
  • He died in Burnaby of a heart attack at the age of 77.

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