Alan Hyland

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| name =Alan Hyland

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|07|28}}

| birth_place = Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

| death_date = July 24, 2024 (aged 78)

| death_place = Bow Island, Alberta, Canada

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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

| constituency = Cypress (1975–1986)
Cypress-Redcliff (1986–1993)

| term_start = March 26, 1975

| term_end = June 15, 1993

| predecessor =Harry Strom

| successor = Lorne Taylor

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| party = Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta

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| occupation = farmer

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Alan William Hyland (July 28, 1945 – July 24, 2024) was a Canadian municipal and provincial-level politician from Alberta.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=83GRBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA86&dq=Hyland,+alan+william+1945#q=Hyland,%20alan%20william%201945|title=Alberta Anglican Politicians|last=Mardon|first=Austin|date=June 2013|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9781897472873|language=en}} He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1993.

Life and career

Hyland ran as a candidate for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1975 Alberta general election. He ran in the Cypress electoral district, that was previously held by former Premier Harry Strom. Hyland won the district, picking it up for his party by winning a closely contested election defeating Social Credit candidate Barry Bernhardt and two other candidates.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1975&Constit=Cypress |title=Cypress election results 1975 |publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation |access-date=2008-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612184559/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1975&Constit=Cypress |archive-date=2011-06-12 }} He was re-elected with a larger majority in the 1979 Alberta general election winning well over 50% of the popular vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1979&Constit=Cypress |title=Cypress election results 1979 |publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation |access-date=2008-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612184611/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1979&Constit=Cypress |archive-date=2011-06-12 }} Hyland ran for a third term in office in the 1982 Alberta general election. He secured the largest majority of his political career with the only opposition coming from Independent candidate Orville Reber.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1982&Constit=Cypress |title=Cypress election results 1982 |publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation |access-date=2008-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612184642/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1982&Constit=Cypress |archive-date=2011-06-12 }}

The Cypress electoral district was abolished in 1986 due to redistribution. Hyland ran in the new electoral district of Cypress-Redcliff for the 1986 general election and won a close race over Lloyd Robinson running under the Representative Party banner.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1986&Constit=Cypress-Redcliff |title=Cypress-Redcliff election results 1986 |publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation |access-date=2008-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612184648/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1986&Constit=Cypress-Redcliff |archive-date=2011-06-12 }} Robinson and Hyland would face each other again in the 1989 general election. Hyland would defeat Robinson by 600 votes, who increased his popular support running under the Liberal banner. Hyland retired at dissolution of the Assembly in 1993.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1989&Constit=Cypress-Redcliff |title=Cypress-Redcliff election results 1989 |publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation |access-date=2008-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612184656/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1989&Constit=Cypress-Redcliff |archive-date=2011-06-12 }}

After leaving provincial politics, Hyland became mayor of Bow Island, Alberta.{{cite web|url=http://www.gunzburger.com/Hyland-Alan.htm |title=Alan Hyland, MLA |author=Ron Gunzburger |publisher=Politics1 Canada |access-date=2008-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906133116/http://www.gunzburger.com/Hyland-Alan.htm |archive-date=2008-09-06 }}

Death

Hyland died on July 24, 2024, at the age of 78, four days before his 79th birthday.{{cite news |last1=Gill |first1=Jesse |title=Alan Hyland, former Cypress-Redcliff MLA and Bow Island mayor, dies |url=https://chatnewstoday.ca/2024/07/24/alan-hyland-former-cypress-redcliff-mla-and-bow-island-mayor-dies/ |access-date=24 July 2024 |publisher=Chat News Today |date=24 July 2024}}[https://medicinehatnews.com/obituaries/2024/07/26/July-26-2024/ July 26, 2024]

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20101026192825/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]

{{s-ttl| title = Member of the Legislative Assembly for Cypress

| years = 1975–1986 }}

{{s-ttl| title = Member of the Legislative Assembly for Cypress-Redcliff

| years = 1986–1993 }}

Category:1945 births

Category:2024 deaths

Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs

Category:20th-century mayors of places in Alberta

Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta