Norm Weiss

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Norman "Norm" A. Weiss is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1993.

[edit] Political career

Weiss ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature as a candidate for the Progressive Conservative party in the 1979 Alberta general election. He won the election holding the Lac La Biche-McMurray electoral district for his party. He won over half the popular vote, defeating three other candidates.[1] He stood for re-election in the 1982 Alberta general election. He won a super majority in his bid for a second term in office.[2]

Lac La Biche-McMurray was abolished due to redistribution in 1986. Weiss ran for a third term in office in the new Fort McMurray electoral district for the 1986 general election. He won the new district in a tight race with NDP candidate Ann Dort Maclean finishing just over 700 votes ahead in the polling.[3] Weiss ran for his fourth and final term in the 1989 Alberta general election. He again faced Maclean, but this time her plurality dropped while his went up marginally.[4] Weiss retired from the assembly at dissolution in 1993.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lac_La_Biche-McMurray election results 1979. Alberta Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  2. ^ Lac_La_Biche-McMurray election results 1982. Alberta Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  3. ^ Fort McMurray election results 1986. Alberta Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  4. ^ Fort McMurray election results 1989. Alberta Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Preceded by
Ron Tesolin		 MLA Lac La Biche-McMurray
1979-1986		 Succeeded by
District Abolished
Preceded by
New District		 MLA Fort McMurray
1986-1993		 Succeeded by
Adam Germain
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