Dennis Barton
{{Short description|Canadian politician (1939–2022)}}
{{Distinguish|Dennis Baron}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{more citations needed|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Dennis M. Barton
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|9|14}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|2|27|1939|9|14}}
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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
| constituency = Lesser Slave Lake
| term_start = 1971
| term_end = 1975
| predecessor = New district
| successor = Larry Shaben
| party = Social Credit
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| occupation = politician
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Dennis M. Barton (14 September 1939 – 27 February 2022{{Cite web|url=https://www.southpeacenews.com/obituary-former-mla-dennis-barton/|title = Obituary - Former MLA Dennis Barton -|date = 15 March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://edmontonjournal.remembering.ca/obituary/dennis-barton-1084563930|title = Edmonton Journal, Remembering... Dennis Barton -|date = 5 March 2022}}) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1975 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in official opposition.
Political career
Barton ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1971 Alberta general election. He ran in the new electoral district of Lesser Slave Lake as a candidate for the Social Credit party. Barton defeated four other candidates in a hotly contested race to pick up the new district for his party despite it losing government in that election.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1971&Constit=Lesser_Slave_Lake | title=Lesser Slave Lake results 1971| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=December 12, 2009}}
Barton ran for his second term in office in the 1975 Alberta general election. His popular vote in the three way race was cut in half. He was easily defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Larry Shaben finishing a distant second place.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1975&Constit=Lesser_Slave_Lake | title=Lesser Slave Lake results 1975| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=December 12, 2009}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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Category:Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta