John Glyndwr Ashton | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
In office 1971–1979 | |
Preceded by | New district |
Succeeded by | District abolished |
Constituency | Edmonton-Ottewell |
Personal details | |
Born | Hanna,Alberta [1] | March 31,1935
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
John Glyndwr Ashton (born March 31,1935) was a provincial level politician from Alberta,Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1975 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.
Ashton ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1971 Alberta general election. He won the new electoral district of Edmonton-Ottewell in a landslide to pick it up for the Progressive Conservative party who went on to form government in that election. [2]
Ashton ran for a second term in office in the 1975 Alberta general election. He won an even larger victory defeating two other candidates to hold his seat. [3] He retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the Assembly in 1979.
He is the current President of Sherwood Park Heritage Mile Society.
The Book of John:A Life Story of John Glyndwr Ashton,published in 2022,chronicles John Glyndwr Ashton's Life.
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