Albert Franklyn Canwell was an American journalist and politician who served as a member of the Washington State legislature from 1947 to 1949. He is best remembered as the namesake of the Washington
Canwell c. 1947
The Seattle General Strike of 1919 shook up the rather progressive Seattle area (here, cover of the Union Record for Monday, February 3, 1919)
Washington House Speaker Herbert M. Hamblen (1947) appointed Canwell as Canwell Committee chair
Cover of a pamphlet for Canwell's State Senate campaign, 1948