Jack Robertson (politician)

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| name = Jack George Robertson

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| birth_date =November 11, 1928

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| death_date ={{death date and age|1971|12|7|1928|11|11}}

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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

| constituency = Stettler

| term_start = August 30, 1971

| term_end = December 7, 1971

| predecessor = Galen Norris

| successor = Graham Harle

| party = Progressive Conservative

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Jack George Robertson (November 11, 1928 – December 7, 1971) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in 1971, sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus, until his death on December 7, 1971.

Political career

Robertson ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1971 Alberta general election. He defeated Social Credit incumbent Galen Norris in a hotly contested straight fight to pick up the Stettler electoral district for the Progressive Conservatives.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1971&Constit=Stettler| title=Stettler results 1971| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=March 27, 2010}}

Robertson died on December 7, 1971.{{cite news|title=Two-Way Fight in Stettler Vote|publisher=The Lethbridge Herald|date=February 14, 1972|page=1|work=Vol LXV No. 54}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]

Category:1928 births

Category:1971 deaths

Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs

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