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1957. During his political career, he played an active role in the establishment of the Albion Ferry on the Fraser River, the development of
Alouette Park, the establishment of the Maple Ridge and Mission Hospitals, the completion of the north shore highway connecting Agassiz to Hope, and in the construction of the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge. He was made an Honorary Chief of the Kwakuitl Indian Nation in Harrison Hot Springs, BC in 1958. Wicks was defeated in the
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The first session of the Social Credit Party took place in 1953. In
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In the 1952 convention to elect the party's leader, both Wicks and
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