Donald_H._Sparrow

Donald H. Sparrow

Donald H. Sparrow

Canadian politician


Donald Hugh Sparrow (November 21, 1935 – July 10, 1993) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 to 1993.

Quick Facts Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Wetaskiwin-Leduc, Preceded by ...

Political career

Sparrow ran for a seat as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1982 Alberta general election. He won the Wetaskiwin-Leduc electoral district with a super majority, defeating three other candidates and winning with a 9000 vote plurality over second place candidate Bill Hosford from the Western Canada Concept.[2] He was re-elected with a substantially smaller majority in the 1986 Alberta general election. Sparrow lost 7,100 votes from his 1982 total, the field of five candidates turned into a two-way race between New Democratic candidate Dick Devries and Sparrow. On election night Sparrow hung on to his district winning a 2000 vote plurality over Devries.[3] Sparrow ran for his third and final term in the 1989 Alberta general election. His margin of victory shrank as he won a hotly contested three-way election.[4] He retired from public office at dissolution of the Assembly in 1993 and died a few weeks later in an automobile accident near Alberta Highway 2 and Alberta Highway 13.[5][6]


References

  1. "Guide Parlementaire Canadien". 1986.
  2. "Wetaskiwin-Leduc results 1982 general election". Alberta Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
  3. "Wetaskiwin-Leduc results 1986 general election". Alberta Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
  4. "Wetaskiwin-Leduc results 1989 general election". Alberta Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
  5. Crockatt, Joan (July 12, 1993). "Sparrow killed in car crash". Edmonton Journal. p. 1. Retrieved October 6, 2022. Free access icon
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