John S. Batiuk (March 20, 1923 – August 1, 2005) was a municipal and provincial level politician from

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, Canada. He served as a member of the

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from 1971 to 1986. Batiuk sat with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.

Political career

Batiuk began his political career in 1968 when he ran for a seat on the newly created Municipal District of Lamont No, 82. He represented Division 1 until 1974. Batiuk moved to provincial politics running for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the

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. He defeated incumbent Alex Gordey to win the redistributed electoral district of

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and pick it up for the Progressive Conservatives who had formed government for the first time in that election. Despite winning provincial office Batiuk did not give up his municipal seat until his term expired. Batiuk won a slightly higher popular vote running for a second term in the

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. He was re-elected to his third term in office in the 1979 general election winning a slightly higher popular vote. The election was still closely contested with the NDP who won also won a close second in 1975. Batiuk won his fourth and final term in the 1982 general election. He retired from provincial politics at the dissolution of the legislature in 1986.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Batiuk, John Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs Alberta municipal councillors 2005 deaths 1923 births People from Lamont County 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta