John Victor Anderson (August 8, 1918 – December 31, 1982) was a provincial level politician from

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, Canada. He served as a member of the

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from 1971 to 1975 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in the official opposition.

Political career

Anderson ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the

1971 Alberta general election The 1971 Alberta general election was the seventeenth general election held in the Province of Alberta, Canada on August 30, 1971, to elect seventy-five members of the Alberta Legislature The Alberta Legislature is the unicameral legislatur ...

. He ran in the new electoral district of

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as a candidate for the Social Credit party and faced two other candidates. Anderson won the race by a comfortable margin to pick up the district for Social Credit who was defeated from government in that election. Anderson faced a strong challenge by Progressive Conservative candidate Richard Barton but still beat him by almost a thousand votes. Anderson ran for a second term in the

1975 Alberta general election The 1975 Alberta general election was held on March 26, 1975, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to the 18th Alberta Legislature. The election was called on February 14, 1975 prorogued and dissolved of the 17th Alberta Leg ...

. He faced three other candidates and finished second after his popular vote collapsed. He was defeated in a landslide by Archibald Johnston, losing his seat by over 5000 votes.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
1918 births 1982 deaths Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta {{Alberta-MLA-stub