William Wyse (politician)
William "Bill" Russell Wyse | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| In office August 30, 1971 – March 25, 1975 | |
| Preceded by | Harry Leinweber |
| Succeeded by | Jim Horsman |
| Constituency | Medicine Hat-Redcliff |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 15, 1934 Castor, Alberta[1] |
| Political party | Social Credit |
William Russell Wyse (born January 15, 1934) is a former politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1975 as a member of the Social Credit Party.
Wyse first ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1971 general election, as the Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Medicine Hat-Redcliff. He defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Jim Horsman and two other candidates.[2] Wyse and Horsman faced each other again in the 1975 election; Horsman defeated Wyse by over 100 votes.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Guide Parlementaire Canadien". 1974.
- ^ "Medicine Hat-Redcliff results 1971". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
- ^ "Medicine Hat-Redcliff results 1975". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 27, 2010.