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Elvina S. Beals

Socialist

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-05-1912	Socialist	AD-41	217	Loss
11-05-1918	Socialist	Lieutenant Governor	42161	Loss
11-02-1920	Socialist	Senate3	36545	Loss
11-07-1922	Socialist	CD-06	7616	Loss

Candidate Biography:

1920: Delegate, Socialist Party of America Convention

Early woman to run for office (1912 and 1918)
POLITICAL HISTORY: First woman to be nominated for a statewide office (1918)