Elroy Deimert
Elroy Deimert is a city alderman, a college instructor of English literature, and a political activist in Grande Prairie, Alberta. Besides being on the national executive of the NDP, he is also the author of the novel Engedi and of several dramatic monologues produced by the CBC.
Books by Elroy Deimert
Pubs, Pulpits and Prairie Fires
Elroy Deimert
History professor Paul Wessner hangs out at BJ’s Bar and Cue Club on Tuesday nights sharing his accounts of the On-to-Ottawa Trek and the Regina Riot in 1935. Due to local interest in his research, he invites Doc Savage and Matt Shaw, real-life leaders on the Trek, to deliver first-hand accounts of the Trek and the Riot. He encourages listeners to contribute when no guests are scheduled to tell their stories. The narratives broaden to the evolution of the Social Credit and CCF prairie fires… (more information)