John Edward Butler (October 21, 1916 – November 4, 1999) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1979 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.
John "Jack" Edward Butler | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| In office March 26, 1975 – March 14, 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Clinton French |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Constituency | Hanna-Oyen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 21, 1916 |
| Died | November 4, 1999 |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Political career
editButler ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1971 Alberta general election in the new electoral district of Hanna-Oyen as a Progressive Conservative candidate. He nearly defeated incumbent Social Credit MLA Clinton French, finishing a close second in the three way race and losing by just 15 votes.[1]
Butler made a second run for a seat to the legislature in the 1975 Alberta general election. This time he won the electoral district of Hanna-Oyen to pick it up for the governing Progressive Conservative party improving his popular slightly while the opposition vote collapsed.[1] Butler retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the assembly in 1979.
He died on November 4, 1999.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Hanna-Oyen results 1971". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
- ^ https://www.assembly.ab.ca/Documents/isysquery/f52ff839-c5a0-4d2b-b24b-7192fb5f7ae7/10/doc/19991117_1330_01_han.pdf (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. November 17, 1979. p. 1,839.
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