William Purdy
{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1940)}}
{{about||the British trade unionist|William Frank Purdy|the American Olympic rower|Bill Purdy}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = William Frederick Purdy
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| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1940|6|5}}{{cite book |title=A Guide to Alberta's 19th Legislature |author=Alberta Teachers' Association|date=January 1980}}
| birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta
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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
| constituency = Stony Plain
| term_start = 1971
| term_end = 1986
| predecessor = Ralph Jespersen
| successor = Jim Heron
| party = Progressive Conservative
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William Frederick Purdy (born June 5, 1940) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1986. During his time in office he sat with the governing Progressive Conservative party. Purdy also served as the mayor for the village of Wabamun for many years.
Political career
=Provincial politics=
Purdy ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1971 Alberta general election. He won the electoral district of Stony Plain to pick up the district for the Progressive Conservatives. The win helped them form government in that election. By winning the constituency he defeated incumbent Ralph Jespersen by a close margin.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1971&Constit=Stony_Plain| title=Stony Plain results 1971| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=November 9, 2009}}
He ran for a second term in the 1975 general election. The field was crowded with four opposing candidates but Purdy easily retained his seat.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1975&Constit=Stony_Plain| title=Stony Plain results 1975| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=November 9, 2009}} He ran for a third term in the 1979 general election winning his district with a larger landslide then 1975.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1979&Constit=Stony_Plain| title=Stony Plain results 1979| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=November 9, 2009}} He ran for a fourth term in office in the 1982 general election. In that election he faced six other candidates but still won the biggest landslide of his career topping 10,000 votes.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1982&Constit=Stony_Plain| title=Stony Plain results 1982| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=November 9, 2009}} Purdy retired from provincial office at dissolution of the legislature in 1986.
=Municipal politics=
Purdy became the mayor of the Village of Wabuman, he served in that office from at least since 2000 to 2008.{{cite web|title=Discontinuance of Proceedings|page=4|url=http://www.eab.gov.ab.ca/dec/01-011.pdf|publisher=Alberta Environmental Appeal Board|date=March 26, 2001|access-date=November 10, 2009}} He is also the current executive director for the Alberta Fire Chief's Association.{{cite web|title=2009 Municipal Affairs Directory|publisher=Government of Alberta|url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/officials/Official.doc|access-date=November 10, 2009|page=53}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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Category:Politicians from Edmonton
Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta