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He was apprenticed as a printer and worked for the Calgary Herald and moved to Edmonton to became foreman of The Edmonton Bulletin's pressroom. He eventually started his own printing business in 1921 . In 1916 he was the President of the Calgary Trades and Labour Council. He was the Secretary-treasurer of the Alberta Federation of Labor from 1922 to 1932 . He entered politics as a Labour candidate in the Edmonton Provincial Electoral District during the 1921 Election and 1926 Election as well as a 1931 By-election . He helped found the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation from the Labour Party of Alberta in 1932 . In the 1940 Election he ran for the Alberta Cooperative Commonwealth Party . He was first elected in a 1942 by-election. He was re-elected three times, and served as leader of the party for thirteen years. In the 1955 Election , he was badly defeated. On October 14 1959 he was elected Mayor of Edmonton, Alberta and served for two two year terms. He was defeated by William Hawrelak in 1963 . His son, G. Lyall Roper, also served as an alderman on Edmonton City Council from 1983 - 1986 . After a long political career, he retired to Victoria, British Columbia in 1975 . The University of Alberta awarded him an honorary Doctor of Law degree in 1959 . He was also awarded an honorary life membership of the Edmonton Rotary Club. His wife died in August 1994. Elmer Roper died soon after at 101 years old. EXTERNAL LINK
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