Frederick Kidd

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Frederick Alexander Kidd
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
1975–1979
Preceded by Clarence Copithorne
Succeeded by Greg Stevens
Constituency Banff
Personal details
Born July 29, 1921
Nordegg, Alberta
Died March 22, 1997
Political party Progressive Conservative
Spouse(s) Helen Kidd
Occupation Geologist

Frederick Alexander Kidd (July 29, 1921 – March 22, 1997) was a provincial level politician and Geologist from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the governing Progressive Conservative caucus from 1975 to 1979.

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Early life

Frederick Alexander Kidd was born in Nordegg, Alberta. He grew up in south western Alberta and became a geologist. [1]

Political career

Kidd ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1975 Alberta election. He was elected to represent the renamed electoral district of Banff with a landslide victory over three other candidates. [2] He served in the back benches of the governing Progressive Conservative caucus until 1979. During his service he served on a number of committees. He did not run for a second term in office when the legislature was dissolved in 1979. [3]

The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta was a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta. The party formed the provincial government, without interruption, from 1971 until the party's defeat in the 2015 provincial election under Premiers Peter Lougheed, Don Getty, Ralph Klein, Ed Stelmach, Alison Redford, Dave Hancock and Jim Prentice. At 44 years, this was the longest unbroken run in government at the provincial or federal level in Canadian history.

He died on March 22, 1997. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Ralph W. Edie (September 2004). Frederick Alexander Kidd. v. 52; no. 3. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology.
  2. ↑ "Banff election results 1975". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved October 4, 2009.
  3. 1 2 https://www.assembly.ab.ca/Documents/isysquery/6b82538f-a137-4650-afa4-ed87a1fae67f/1/doc/19970416_1330_01_han.pdf |chapter-url= missing title (help)(PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . Legislative Assembly of Alberta. April 16, 1997. p. 9.
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