Preceded by Harry Leinweber Role Politician Name William Wyse | Succeeded by Jim Horsman | |
Born January 15, 1934 (age 90)
Castor, Alberta ( 1934-01-15 ) Political party Alberta Social Credit Party | ||
Constituency Medicine Hat-Redcliff | ||
William "Bill" Russell Wyse (born January 15, 1934) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1975 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in opposition.
Political career
Wyse ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1971 Alberta general election. He ran as the Social Credit candidate in the new electoral district of Medicine Hat-Redcliff. He defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Jim Horsman and two other candidates in a hotly contested race to pick up the seat for his party.
Wyse and Horsman would face each other in the 1975 Alberta general election. He race was very close with Horseman defeating Wyse by over 100 votes.
References
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