own and took 17% of the popular vote. In the 1952 Alberta general election Prowse won the second seat in Edmonton. He led the Liberals to four seats and 22% of the popular vote. In the 1955 general election the Liberals made their best showing in decades, winning 15 seats and earning 31% of the popular vote. Prowse again took the second seat in Edmonton. Prowse stepped down as leader of the Liberal party in 1958 and retired from the legislature at dissolution in 1959. He did not run in the 1959 provincial election. He ran for mayor of Edmonton in the 1959 municipal election; he lost to Elmer Roper. Federal politics Prowse first ran for a seat to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1962 federal election in the electoral district of Edmonton West as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada. He finished a close second to incumbent Marcel Lambert and ahead of former Member of Parliament Orvis Kennedy. The minority parliament was dissolved less than a year later and so came the 1963 federal election. Prowse ran again in Edmonton West but still finished behind Lambert. Prowse was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the advice of Prime Minister Lester Pearson in 1967. He represented Edmonton there until his death on September 27, 1976. References External links Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing 1913 births 1976 deaths Independent Alberta MLAs Leaders of the Alberta Liberal Party Alberta Liberal Party MLAs Candidates in the 1962 Canadian federal election Candidates in the 1963 Canadian federal election Canadian senators from Alberta Canadian military personnel of World War II Liberal Party of Canada senators People from Taber, Alberta University of Alberta alumni Liberal Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons