Cornelia Wood

Cornelia Lucinda Railey Wood (April 14, 1892 – December 26, 1985) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada.

She defeated three other candidates in a hotly contested race on the third count to hold the Stony Plain electoral district for the Social Credit party.

[2] She ran for a second term in office in the 1944 Alberta general election and won a landslide against Co-operative Commonwealth candidate Harold Anderson in a straight fight.

Liberal candidate John McLaughlin doubled his party percentage surging to a first ballot win with Wood finishing a close second.

[8] Wood stood for a seventh term in office, however the Social Credit Stony Plain constituency association was looking for a change.