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Louis Roberts
Louis Melville Roberts (December 15, 1879 – February 11, 1958) was an American-Canadian politician from Alberta.
Early life
Louis Melville Roberts was born December 15, 1879, to Scottish parents in Cedar County, Iowa. He attended the University of Iowa completing a Bachelor of Laws. He married Helen Atkinson on July 12, 1906, and had two children together. Roberts constructed "Roberts Block", a three-storey brick warehouse on 11th Avenue in Calgary in 1909, which remains standing to this day.
Political life
Roberts was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1909 Alberta general election, for the Alberta Liberal Party. During his campaign, he was accused of winning the High River nomination under suspect circumstances. He would win a hotly contested election knocking off future High River Conservative MLA George Douglas Stanley by 8 votes. Roberts served only one term in the Assembly.
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