John Dubetz

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1916-2002)}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = John Dubetz

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|7|7}}

| birth_place =Smoky Lake, Alberta, Canada{{cite journal|title=Guide Parlementaire Canadien|author1=Normandin, P.G.|author2=Normandin, A.L.|journal=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien|date=1965|publisher=P.G. Normandin|issn=0315-6168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=omxLAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=September 14, 2015}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|2|12|1916|7|7}}

| death_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

| constituency = Redwater

| term_start = June 18, 1959

| term_end = June 17, 1963

| predecessor = Alfred Macyk

| successor = Michael Senych

| party = Social Credit

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John Dubetz (1916-2002) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1963 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government.

Political career

Dubetz ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1959 Alberta general election as a Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Redwater. He defeated incumbent Liberal MLA Alfred Macyk and future Senator Martha Bielish with just under half of the popular vote to pick up the district for his party.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1959&Constit=Redwater| title=Redwater results 1959| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 22, 2010}} He retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1963.

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