Leverett George DeVeber

Note :

Dr. Leverett DeVeber was born in New Brunswick in 1849; his (distant) ancestors were likely German or Alsatian. Prior to moving out west, he was educated at the University of Pennsylvania and worked at St. Bartholomew''s Hospital in London. In 1883 he arrived in Fort Macleod and became a surgeon for the North West Mounted Police. In 1891 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories and was re-elected in 1902. Dr. DeVeber served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the Alberta Liberal Party in the Lethbridge Provincial electoral district from 1905 to 1906. In that short time he served as a cabinet minister in the Alexander Rutherford government. In 1906 he was appointed to the Canadian Senate. He was appointed by Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier and represented the (Lethbridge) Senate division as a Liberal until his death. DeVeber passed away in 1925, in Aylmer, Quebec.

Citation :

Overview of the immigration history of Alberta''''s German-speaking communities (Part 1: 1880s to 1914), http://www.ualberta.ca/~german/PAA/German-speakingcommunitiesinAlberta.htm#Veber accessed July 20, 2010.