Alex Gordey

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Alexander "Alex" William Gordey
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
June 18, 1959 –June 17, 1963
Preceded by Stanley Ruzycki
Constituency Vegreville
In office
June 17, 1963 –August 30, 1971
Succeeded by John Batiuk
Constituency Vegreville-Bruce
Personal details
Born(1912-03-16)March 16, 1912
Boroutz, Western Ukraine
Died November 9, 1983(1983-11-09) (aged 71)
Edmonton, Alberta
Political party Social Credit
Spouse(s) Rita Harris
Occupation politician

Alexander "Alex" William Gordey was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.

Alberta Province of Canada

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Political career

Gordey ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1959 Alberta general election in the electoral district of Vegreville as the Social Credit candidate. Gordey defeated incumbent Stanley Ruzycki and two other candidates by a large margin to pick up the seat for his party. [1]

Stanley Nicholas Ruzycki was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1955 to 1959 as one of two members of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation caucus.

The 1963 boundary redistribution redistributed Gordey's riding, the riding became Vegreville-Bruce. Gordey ran for a second term in office in the new district for the election held that year. He faced four other candidates and won taking just over half of the popular vote. [2]

Gordey ran for a third term in office in the 1967 Alberta general election. He faced a strong challenge from Progressive Conservative candidate Mike Kawulych but managed to hold his seat. [3]

The 1971 boundary redistribution altered Vegreville-Bruce to once again become the riding of Vegreville. Gordey ran for his fourth term in the 1971 Alberta general election but was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate John Batiuk. [4]

John S. Batiuk was a municipal and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1986. Batiuk sat with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.

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References

  1. ↑ "Vegreville results 1959". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Vegreville-Bruce results 1963". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Vegreville-Bruce results 1967". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Vegreville results 1971". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
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