Anthony Stephen Stiles (25 March 1935 – 10 April 2023) was a member of the

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. He was born at Oldham, England. Stiles graduated from the first class of the

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in 1979. Stiles first ran for the Progressive Conservatives in the February 1982 by-election in

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that saw

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from the

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elected. He was defeated running a distant third behind

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candidate Lloyd Quantz. Stiles won the 1982 general election months later, and served the riding for one term from 1982 to 1986 as the first Conservative elected to the riding. Stiles died on 10 April 2023, in Didsbury after a long period with

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- Parkinsonism.

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Stiles Wins! Front Page The Gazette November 3, 1982
1935 births 2023 deaths Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs English emigrants to Canada Politicians from Oldham Lawyers in Alberta University of Calgary Faculty of Law alumni 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta {{Alberta-MLA-stub