Leonard Frank Werry (May 30, 1927 – February 25, 1973) was a provincial level politician from

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, Canada. He served as a Member of the

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from 1967 until his death in 1973 and was a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Alberta of Premier

Peter Lougheed Edgar Peter Lougheed ( ; July 26, 1928 – September 13, 2012) was a Canadian lawyer and Progressive Conservative politician who served as the tenth premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985, presiding over a period of reform and economic growth. Bo ...

from 1971 to 1973.

Political career

Werry ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the Northwest Calgary riding of

Calgary Bowness Calgary Bowness was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1959 to 1971. Calgary Bowness History Bounda ...

in the

1967 Alberta general election The 1967 Alberta general election was held on May 23, 1967, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to the 16th Alberta Legislature. The election was called after the 15th Alberta Legislature was prorogued on April 11, 1967, and ...

. He defeated former Member of Parliament Charles Johnston in a hotly contested election to pick up that seat for the opposition Progressive Conservatives. Werry ran for a second term in office in

Calgary-Foothills Calgary-Foothills is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the northwest corner of Calgary. It elected six consecutive Progressive Conservative MLAs from its creation in 1971 until ous ...

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 to form the 17th Alberta Legislative Assembly. The Progr ...

as Calgary Bowness was abolished through redistricting. He picked up the new riding with a more comfortable result. The Progressive Conservative party formed government in 1971. Premier

appointed Werry as Minister of Telephones and Utilities. He died in a car accident in 1973.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs 1973 deaths 1927 births Members of the Executive Council of Alberta Road incident deaths in Canada Accidental deaths in Alberta {{Alberta-politician-stub