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| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds | | No.: | PR2000 | | TITLE: | Art Dixon fonds | | CREATOR: | Art Dixon | | DATE RANGE: | 1945-1979 | | EXTENT: | 0.6 m of textual records and other material.
Includes 2 audio reels, 4 audio discs, 1 photograph and 2 banners. | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Art Dixon was born December 1, 1919 in Windlestone, County of Durham, England. Dixon was raised in Okotoks and moved to Calgary to join the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1944 Dixon married Dorothea Evans and after the war Dixon established Dixon Real Estate Services. In 1952 Dixon, representing the Social Credit party, was elected M.L.A for Calgary, and would later hold the seat for Calgary-Southeast and Calgary Millican until he was defeated in 1975. In 1979, Dixon ran and lost as the Social Credit candidate for Calgary-Millican. From 1963 until 1972, Dixon was the 7th Speaker of the Alberta Legislature. Upon retirement from politics, Dixon continued working in real estate and acted as a volunteer Citizen Court judge. In 1979, Dixon was appointed to the Order of Canada and received the Medal of Canada. Also in 1979, Dixon was awarded the Alberta Achievement Award in recognition for his volunteer commitment to a variety of organizations including the Salvation Army, Kiwanis international and the Calgary Real Estate Board. As recognition to his work with the Salvation Army of Canada, Dixon was awarded that organizations highest civilian honour, the International Distinguished Service Award. Art Dixon died February 5, 2007 | | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The fonds consists of materials relating to Art Dixon’s political career and dates from 1945-1979. The fonds includes Social Credit pamphlets, election pamphlets for Dixon, committee files, clipping files, correspondence, Social Credit meeting minutes and banners used by William Aberhart in election campaigning. | | LANGUAGE NOTE: | The material is in English. | | RELATED RECORDS: | The Provincial Archives of Alberta holds the records of the Social Credit
Party of Alberta as well as the premier’s office records of Social Credit premier’s William Aberhart, Ernest Manning and Harry Strom. | | GENERAL NOTE: | Information for the biographical sketch is taken from Art Dixon’s obituary in the Calgary Herald, February 12, 2007. |
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