Robert Wiebe
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{for|the American historian and author|Robert H. Wiebe}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Robert Henry Wiebe
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| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1937|2|3}}
| birth_place = Rycroft, Alberta
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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
| constituency = Peace River
| term_start = May 23, 1967
| term_end = August 30, 1971
| predecessor = Euell Montgomery
| successor = Al Adair
| party = Social Credit
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| occupation = politician
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Robert Henry Wiebe (born February 3, 1937) was a municipal and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1971 sitting with the governing Social Credit caucus.
Political career
Wiebe began his political career as the mayor of Grimshaw, Alberta. He ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1967 Alberta general election while still the mayor. Wiebe ran as the Social Credit candidate in the provincial electoral district of Peace River against two other candidates, including the former mayor of Peace River, Edward Whitney, who ran as an Independent.{{cite news|title=Mayor To Run As Independent|publisher=The Lethbridge Herald|work=Vol. LX No. 105|date=April 15, 1967|page=8}} Wiebe won the district with over half the popular vote to hold the seat for Social Credit.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1967&Constit=Peace_River| title=Peace River Official Results 1967 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=March 21, 2010}}
Wiebe ran for a second term in office in the 1971 Alberta general election. He would be defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Al Adair in a hotly contested race.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1971&Constit=Peace_River| title=Peace River Official Results 1971 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=March 21, 2010}}
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 mayors of places in Alberta
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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