Provincial Politics
Leffingwell ran for the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1913 Alberta general election. In that election Warner had become big enough to have its own seat represented in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Leffingwell became the first Member of the Warner winning a hotly contested 3 way race. Leffingwell was re-elected to his 2nd term in office in the 1917 Alberta general election with a comfortable plurality. He would suffer electoral defeat in the 1921 Alberta general election by Maurice Conner, a candidate from the United Farmers of Alberta.
Leffingwell would run against Conner again in the 1926 Alberta general election, losing half the votes he had during the previous election. After Conner retired in 1935 he attempted to run for office 1 more time in the 1935 Alberta general election. This time he placed a distant 3rd behind Social Credit candidate Solon Earl Low and James Walker.
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