Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Purves, Cec
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Description area
Dates of existence
1933-
History
Cecil (Cec) John Harry Purves was born in Edmonton in 1933. He successfully ran for City Council in 1966, and was re-elected in 1968 and 1971. In 1974 he unsuccessfully ran against William Hawrelak for Mayor. He ran again in 1977, this time winning the Mayoral election. He served a second term as Mayor after his re-election in 1980. He left politics after losing the Mayoral election to Laurence Decore in 1983.
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Relationships area
Related entity
Office of the Mayor (1892-)
Identifier of related entity
AR-RG-6
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Office of the Mayor controls Purves, Cec
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Control area
Authority record identifier
AR-RG-6-S-8
Institution identifier
City of Edmonton Archives
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