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Len Werry

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Leonard "Len" F. Werry
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
May 23, 1967 – August 29, 1971
Preceded byCharles Johnston
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyCalgary Bowness
In office
August 30, 1971 – February 25, 1973
Preceded byNew District
Succeeded byStewart McCrae
ConstituencyCalgary-Foothills
Minister of Telephones and Utilities
In office
September 10, 1971 – February 25, 1973
Preceded byRaymond Reierson
Succeeded byRoy Farran
Personal details
BornMay 30, 1927
Cereal, Alberta
DiedFebruary 25, 1973(1973-02-25) (aged 45)
near Edson, Alberta[1]

Leonard Frank Werry (May 30, 1927 – February 25, 1973) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 until his death in 1973 and was a cabinet minister in the government of Alberta, of Premier Peter Lougheed from 1971 to 1973.

Political career

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Werry ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the Northwest Calgary riding of Calgary Bowness in the 1967 Alberta general election. He defeated former Member of Parliament Charles Johnston in a hotly contested election to pick up that seat for the opposition Progressive Conservatives.[2]

Werry ran for a second term in office in Calgary-Foothills in the 1971 Alberta general election as Calgary Bowness was abolished through redistricting. He picked up the new riding with a more comfortable result.[3]

The Progressive Conservative party formed government in 1971. Premier Peter Lougheed appointed Werry as Minister of Telephones and Utilities. Werry died on February 25, 1973, when his car collided with a truck on Highway 16, approximately nine miles west of Edson, Alberta.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Alberta minister Len Werry dies in car accident". The Montreal Gazette. Edson, AB. Canadian Press. February 26, 1973. p. 41.
  2. ^ "Calgary Bowness results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
  3. ^ "Calgary-Foothills results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
  4. ^ "Len Werry dies in highway collision". Calgary Herald. Edmonton. February 26, 1973. pp. 1–2. ProQuest 2258338497.
  5. ^ Society of Industrial Accountants of Canada; Society of Management Accountants of Canada; Canadian Society of Cost Accountants; Canadian Society of Cost Accountants & Industrial Engineers (1973). "Cost and Management". CMA: The Management Accounting Magazine. 47–48. Society of Management Accountants of Canada. ISSN 0010-9592. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
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