Edward Benoit

Edward Philip Benoit (November 26, 1918 – January 22, 1991) was a former provincial level politician. He served as a member of the Alberta Legislature from 1963 until 1975. He was born in Calgary.[1]

Political career

Benoit was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1963 Alberta general election. He won the former riding of Okotoks-High River holding it for the Social Credit party. In that election he won a comfortable plurality of almost seven hundred votes over Progressive Conservative candidate Samuel Brown and two other candidates. He was re-elected to his second term in office in the 1967 Alberta general election barely retaining his seat as he squeaked out a two hundred vote win in a hotly contested race against Progressive Conservative Thomas Hughes and two other candidates.[2]

In 1971 Okotoks-High River was abolished and replaced by the new Highwood electoral district. Benoit ran for his third term in that new riding and won another tight race defeating Eldon Couey of the Progressive Conservatives and another candidate. Benoit was defeated by George Wolstenholme in his bid for a fourth term in office in the 1975 Alberta general election.[3]

Late life

Benoit died on January 22, 1991.[4]

gollark: He was a good *temporary* owner.
gollark: It was 25, not 50.
gollark: It's a symbolic thing I guess.
gollark: But I feel like you would mostly just ignore my concerns if other people don't care much.
gollark: I know you said something like "you don't need to agree with everything because I'll ask people anyway".

References
  1. "Guide Parlementaire Canadien". 1975.
  2. "Okotoks-High River results 1963 and 1967". Alberta Heritage. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  3. "Highwood results 1971-1979". Alberta Heritage. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  4. https://www.assembly.ab.ca/isys/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_22/session_3/19910315_1000_01_han.wpd |chapter-url= missing title (help). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. March 15, 1991.
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Preceded by
Ernest George Hansell		 MLA Okotoks-High River
1963–1971		 Succeeded by
District Abolished
Preceded by
New District		 MLA Highwood
1971–1975		 Succeeded by
George Wolstenholme


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