Wyse Captures Medicine Hat Seat In Social Credit Victory
Social Credit candidate Bill Wyse won the Medicine Hat Redcliff riding by a commanding margin as voters rejected Conservative Jim Horsman after a long Socred hold of the seat. Early and final counts showed Wyse leading, with 13,166 voters turnout despite showers.
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Harry Leinweber
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St. Joseph’s
Mr. Wyse
Jim Horsman
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Mr. Horsman
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Frank Armstrong
Ted Anhorn
Horsman
Lougheed’s stunning victory reshapes Alberta politics
Premier-elect Peter Lougheed hailed a decisive Progressive Conservative win in the Alberta election and pledged to form a cabinet, as Premier Harry Strom agreed to a rapid turnover. Grant Notley’s NDP framed the result as a political realignment while Social Credit may splinter, and Liberal Bob Russell lamented the loss of a legislative voice.
Lougheed Leads PCs to Alberta Upset Victory
Peter Lougheed, a 43 year old lawyer, toppled Premier Harry Strom as the Progressive Conservatives won a historic Alberta election. The party swept in Edmonton seats and claimed the province’s first Conservative government, while Social Credit clung to rural strongholds. Grant Notley of the NDP won Spirit River Fairview, marking a rare legislature entry for his party.
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Lougheed rises to premier elect after Alberta election
Lougheed, a Calgary lawyer who rebuilt the Alberta Progressive Conservative party, leads with 48 of 75 seats to become premier elect. The Harvard MBA holder turned politician built a credible alternative to Social Credit, campaigning across all constituencies and projecting optimism after a surprising victory.
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Poll count in province in last general election
The provincial preliminary poll count reported 3,316 of 4,381 polls counted, totaling 75.7 percent. The figures on the right reflect the province's vote pattern from the May 23, 1967 general election.
Alberta approves daylight time in plebiscite
Alberta residents vote in a province wide plebiscite held with the general election. Nearly complete tabulations show 296,720 voters or 62.75 percent favor daylight time, illegal in the province since 1948, with 176,144 or 37.25 percent opposed. In 1967 the split was 48.75 percent in favor and 51.25 percent against.
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Conservatives sweep Alberta cabinet defeat reshapes legislature
The Canadian Press reports Conservatives oust most Social Credit cabinet members including Edgar Gerhart and Fred Calborne. Two women among new legislators, Catherine Chichak and Helen Hunley, enter the house, while Liberal leader Bob Russell loses in St Albert. Redistribution boosts seats from 65 to 75. Conservatives gain eight new seats and anticipate cabinet posts for ex MPs Hugh Horner Lou Hyndman and Don Getty.
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Edgar Gerhart
Fred Calborne
Ambrose Holowach
Ister
Ethel Wilson
J. Donovan Ross
A. O. Fimrite
Ray Reierson
Ray Ratzlaff
Catherine Chichak
Edmonton
Norwood
Helen Hunley
Rocky Mountain House
Bob Russell
St. Albert
Hugh Horner
Lou Hyndman
Don Getty
Edmonton Eskimos
Victory party subdued as Hatters console Strom
At the Elks Club a crestfallen crowd of 200 to 300 Socreds heard former premier Harry Strom thank supporters after Alberta’s 1971 election defeat. Mayor Harry Weiner urged resilience as Strom praised democracy and free enterprise, promising to challenge Premier Peter Lougheed and hold the PCs to their promises.
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Elks Club
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Alberta
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