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| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta]] |
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Werry ran for a second term in office in [[Calgary Foothills|Calgary-Foothills]] in the [[1971 Alberta general election]] as Calgary Bowness was abolished through redistricting. He picked up the new riding with a more comfortable result.<ref name="1971 official">{{cite web | url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1971&Constit=Calgary-Foothills | title=Calgary-Foothills results 1971 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=November 22, 2009 | archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208200433/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1971&Constit=Calgary-Foothills | archive-date=December 8, 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref> |
Werry ran for a second term in office in [[Calgary Foothills|Calgary-Foothills]] in the [[1971 Alberta general election]] as Calgary Bowness was abolished through redistricting. He picked up the new riding with a more comfortable result.<ref name="1971 official">{{cite web | url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1971&Constit=Calgary-Foothills | title=Calgary-Foothills results 1971 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=November 22, 2009 | archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208200433/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1971&Constit=Calgary-Foothills | archive-date=December 8, 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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The Progressive Conservative party formed government in 1971. Premier [[Peter Lougheed]] appointed Werry as Minister of Telephones and Utilities. He died in a car accident in 1973.<ref name="google2">{{cite |
The Progressive Conservative party formed government in 1971. Premier [[Peter Lougheed]] appointed Werry as Minister of Telephones and Utilities. He died in a car accident in 1973.<ref name="google2">{{cite journal|title=Cost and Management|author1=Society of Industrial Accountants of Canada|author2=Society of Management Accountants of Canada|author3=Canadian Society of Cost Accountants|author4=Canadian Society of Cost Accountants & Industrial Engineers|journal=Cma : The Management Accounting Magazine = Cma : La Revue de la Comptabilitë de Management|date=1973|issue=v. 47-48|publisher=Society of Management Accountants of Canada.|issn=0010-9592|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UjkcAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=November 16, 2014}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 00:59, 30 September 2020
Leonard "Len" F. Werry | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| In office 1967–1971 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Johnston |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Constituency | Calgary Bowness |
| In office 1971–1973 | |
| Preceded by | New District |
| Succeeded by | Stewart McCrae |
| Constituency | Calgary-Foothills |
| Minister of Telephones and Utilities | |
| In office March 1979 – 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Raymond Reierson |
| Succeeded by | Roy Farran |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 30, 1927 Cereal, Alberta |
| Died | February 25, 1973 (aged 45) near Edson, Alberta[1] |
Leonard Frank Werry (May 30, 1927 – February 25, 1973) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 until his death in 1973 and was a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Alberta of Premier Peter Lougheed from 1971 to 1973.
Political career
Werry ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the Northwest Calgary riding of Calgary Bowness in the 1967 Alberta general election. He defeated former Member of Parliament Charles Johnston in a hotly contested election to pick up that seat for the opposition Progressive Conservatives.[2]
Werry ran for a second term in office in Calgary-Foothills in the 1971 Alberta general election as Calgary Bowness was abolished through redistricting. He picked up the new riding with a more comfortable result.[3]
The Progressive Conservative party formed government in 1971. Premier Peter Lougheed appointed Werry as Minister of Telephones and Utilities. He died in a car accident in 1973.[4]
References
- ^ "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved November 16, 2014.
- ^ "Calgary Bowness results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
- ^ "Calgary-Foothills results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
- ^ Society of Industrial Accountants of Canada; Society of Management Accountants of Canada; Canadian Society of Cost Accountants; Canadian Society of Cost Accountants & Industrial Engineers (1973). "Cost and Management". Cma : The Management Accounting Magazine = Cma : La Revue de la Comptabilitë de Management (v. 47-48). Society of Management Accountants of Canada. ISSN 0010-9592. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
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