John Edward Butler

For other people named John Butler, see John Butler (disambiguation).

John "Jack" Edward Butler
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
March 26, 1975 – March 14, 1979
Preceded byClinton French
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyHanna-Oyen
Personal details
BornOctober 21, 1916
DiedNovember 4, 1999
Political partyProgressive Conservative

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.

Political career

Butler 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

  1. ^ a b "Hanna-Oyen results 1971". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
  2. ^ 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. {{cite book}}: |chapter-url= missing title (help)[permanent dead link‍]