Harry Elliott Alger (April 8, 1924 – January 27, 2010) was a provincial level politician from

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, Canada. He served as a Member of the Alberta Legislature from 1982 until 1989.

Political career

Alger was first elected to the

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in the

1982 Alberta general election The 1982 Alberta general election was held on November 2, 1982, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. History Less than four years had passed since the Progressive Conservatives won their landslide victory in 1979. Premie ...

. He defeated

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leader and Incumbent Gordon Kesler and four other candidates in a high-profile race to win his first term in office. He held the district for the Progressive Conservatives, succeeding fellow PC member George Wolstenholme in a safe district. Alger was re-elected to his second term and final term in office with a greatly reduced plurality in the

1986 Alberta general election The 1986 Alberta general election was held on May 8, 1986, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Peter Lougheed, who had created the modern Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, Alberta Progressive Conservatives, ...

. He defeated five other candidates to win easily. He retired at dissolution of the Legislature in 1989. He died in 2010 at the age of 85.Annual report 2010
assembly.ab.ca

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs 1924 births 2010 deaths 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta {{Alberta-MLA-stub