Richard David Gruenwald (January 22, 1917 – February 24, 2010) was a provincial level politician from

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. 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

Gruenwald 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 won the new electoral district of Lethbridge-West by a wide margin defeating two other candidates to pick it for the Social Credit party who had been defeated from government in that election. He ran for a second term in office 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 ...

but was defeated in the three way race by Progressive Conservative candidate John Gogo after his popular vote collapsed, he finished a distant second place.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gruenwald, Richard Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs 2010 deaths 1917 births 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta