14

Cornelius and Aganetha Hiebert
Circa late 1890s

Credits:
Didsbury Museum Archives

15

Annie, Meta and Cornelius Hiebert - Children of Cornelius & Aganetha
Circa late 1890s

Credits:
Didsbury Museum Archives

16

Hiebert General Store
Circa 1903
Didsbury, Alberta, Canada

Credits:
Didsbury Museum Archives

17

Descendants of Cornelius Hiebert

Credits:
Didsbury Museum Archives

18

Mr. Hiebert took an active interest in village affairs and immediately
started to help develop Didsbury. He built the second store and the
first post office was opened in that same building. He became a general
merchant dealing with lumber & implements, and he founded a small
general store and a hardware store. The first grain elevator was built
in Didsbury in 1905 and owned by Messrs. B. J. Smith and C. Hiebert.

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Didsbury Band with Hiebert Elevator in Background
Circa 1930
Didsbury, Alberta, Canada

Credits:
Didsbury Museum Archives

20

Hiebert Lumber Yard
Circa early 1900s
Didsbury, Alberta, Canada

Credits:
Didsbury Museum Archives

21

Cornelius Hiebert was appointed to serve as Village Overseer of the
Village from 1901 - 1904, thus began his political career at the
Municipal level. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1905 when
Alberta became a province. He was the first MLA for Rosebud
Constituency, the first Mennonite elected to the Alberta Legislature, and
the sole provincially elected Conservative.

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Letter to the Electors of the Didsbury Riding from C. Hiebert
1909

Credits:
Didsbury Museum Archives
Didsbury Pioneer Newspaper

23

He supported prohibition and favoured the flying of the Canadian flag
over every school. Dissatisfied with some government measures, he ran as
an Independent in his second term allowing him to criticize government
measures that he did not support.

Mr. Hiebert felt he stood for the issues and not the party. He lost the
election in 1909 as people were not certain as to his opinions and
beliefs on political questions.

An article written in the Calgary Daily Herald reported that Mr. Hiebert
had not been the strongest leader imaginable and that by running as an
Independent, his attitude has shown itself to be of a particularly
spineless character.

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C. Hiebert: The Independant Candidate
1909

Credits:
Didsbury Museum Archives
Didsbury Pioneer Newspaper

25

Cornelius Hiebert became a member of King Hiram Lodge No. 21 on July 27,
1909. He passed away with cancer in 1919 and is buried in the Didsbury
cemetery beside his daughter Meta Hiebert Schreifels (1896-1980).

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C. Hiebert Obituary Page 1 of 2
1919
Didsbury, Alberta, Canada

Credits:
Didsbury Museum Archives
Didsbury Pioneer Newspaper

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C. Hiebert Obituary Page 2 of 2
1919
Didsbury, Alberta, Canada

Credits:
Didsbury Musum Archives
Didsbury Pioneer Newspaper