William Edward Payne

{{for|the Alberta politician who served from 1931 to 1935|William Ernest Payne}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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| honorific_prefix = The Honourable

| name =William "Bill" Edward Payne

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|size=100%|ECA}}

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| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1933|7|4}}

| birth_place = Windsor, Ontario{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vFGJAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Payne,+William+Edward%22+%22Fish+Creek%22|title=Guide Parlementaire Canadien|year=1992}}

| residence =

| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

| constituency = Calgary-Fish Creek

| term_start = March 14, 1979

| term_end = June 15, 1993

| predecessor = New District

| successor = Heather Forsyth

| office1 = Minister without Portfolio

| term_start1 = November 1982

| term_end1 = May 1986

| party = Progressive Conservative

| religion =

| occupation = politician

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William Edward Payne {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA}} (born July 4, 1933) is a former provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1993, sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus. Premier Peter Lougheed appointed Payne to the Executive Council of Alberta. He briefly served as a minister without portfolio from 1982 to 1986.

Payne is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Roy A. Prete and Carma Prete,ed., Canadian Mormons: The History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada (Salt Lake City: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2017), p. 265

Political career

Payne ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1979 Alberta general election in the electoral district of Calgary-Fish Creek. He won his first term, defeating three other candidates with a landslide majority.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1979&Constit=Calgary-Fish_Creek| title=Calgary-Fish Creek results 1979| publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation| access-date=March 28, 2010}} Payne ran for a second term in office in the 1982 Alberta general election. He increased his majority, finishing nearly 15,000 votes ahead of second place candidate Byron Chenger of the Western Canada Concept.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1982&Constit=Calgary-Fish_Creek| title=Calgary-Fish Creek results 1982| publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation| access-date=March 28, 2010}} After the election Payne was appointed minister without portfolio by Premier Peter Lougheed. He held that cabinet portfolio for a single term.

Payne won his third term, losing almost 10,000 votes from his 1982 total running in the 1986 Alberta general election. He still finished well ahead, winning the district with a third consecutive landslide.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1986&Constit=Calgary-Fish_Creek| title=Calgary-Fish Creek results 1986| publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation| access-date=March 28, 2010}} He ran for his fourth and final term in the 1989 Alberta general election. His popular vote dropped again as support for Liberal candidate Wayne Gillis surged, finishing approximately 1,500 votes behind Payne.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1989&Constit=Calgary-Fish_Creek| title=Calgary-Fish Creek results 1989| publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation| access-date=March 28, 2010}} He retired at dissolution of the Assembly in 1993.

References

External links

[https://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]

Category:1933 births

Category:Living people

Category:Canadian Latter Day Saints

Category:Members of the Executive Council of Alberta

Category:Politicians from Windsor, Ontario

Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs

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