Chester Irving Sayers (August 17, 1899 – June 19, 1985) was a provincial politician from

Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...

, Canada. He served as a member of the

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from 1941 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.

Political career

Sayers ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as the Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Camrose in a by-election held on February 6, 1941. He defeated Co-operative Commonwealth leader Chester Ronning in a hotly contested straight fight to hold the seat for his party. He ran for a second term in the

1944 Alberta general election The 1944 Alberta general election was held on August 8, 1944, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. As well, in late 1944 and early 1945, Armed Forces voters voted for separate representation - by electing an Army, an Air Forc ...

. He faced former MLA William Chant and defeated him and another candidate with a large majority. Sayers ran for a third term in office in the 1948 general election. He won decisively, increasing his popular vote. Sayers ran for a fourth term in the 1952 general election. He lost a little ground in his popular vote, but still took the district with a comfortable plurality. The 1955 general election would see Sayers nearly get defeated. He faced a strong challenge from Liberal candidate Ed Schnell whom he defeated on the third vote count to hold the district. Sayers ran for his sixth term in the

1959 Alberta general election The 1959 Alberta general election was held on June 18, 1959, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Ernest C. Manning, in his fifth election as party leader and provincial premier, led the Social Credit Party to its seventh c ...

. He improved his popularity winning his largest popular vote to date. The opposition vote among the three other candidates shifted and collapsed in support giving Sayers a wide margin of victory. The 1963 general election saw Sayers win the largest popular vote of his career. He defeated three other candidates to win his seventh term in office. He ran for his final term in the 1967 general election. He faced a hotly contested race amongst three other candidates. The opposition vote was divided and Sayers was returned with a large plurality. Sayers retired from the Alberta Legislature at dissolution in 1971.

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External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sayers, Chester Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs 1985 deaths 1899 births 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta