词条 | Stewart McCrae (politician) |
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| image = | imagesize = | | name = Stewart McCrae | caption = |birth_name=Stewart Alden McCrae | birth_date ={{birth date|1929|12|30}} | birth_place = Gladstone, Manitoba | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|9|2|1929|12|30}} | death_place=Calgary, Alberta | residence = | office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | constituency =Calgary-Foothills | term_start = 1973 | term_end = 1982 | predecessor = Len Werry | successor = Janet Koper | party = Progressive Conservative | office1 = Minister without Portfolio Responsible for Calgary affairs | term_start1 = March 1975 | term_end1 = March 1979 | office2 = Minister of Government Services | term_start2 = March 1979 | term_end2 = November 1982 | predecessor2 = Horst Schmid | successor2 =Pat Nelson | religion = | occupation = }} Stewart Alden McCrae (December 30, 1929 – September 2, 2015) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1973 to 1982 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus. During his time in office he served a couple different cabinet portfolio's in the Peter Lougheed government. Early lifeStewart Alden McCrae was born in 1929 and raised in Gladstone, Manitoba.[1] He grew up in the province and went to the University of Manitoba to complete his post secondary education, attaining a degree in Law. He articled in Winnipeg, Manitoba at the lawfirm of Tallin & Kristiansen. He moved to Calgary in 1957 and started work as a Division Land Manager for a petroleum company. He had three kids and also served as President of the Brentwood Home and School Association.[2] Political careerMcCrae ran for election to the Alberta Legislature in a by-election held in the electoral district of Calgary-Foothills. He defeated Social Credit leader Werner Schmidt and three other candidates in a closely contested race to win his seat.[3] He ran for re-election a couple years later in the 1975 Alberta general election doubling his vote and defeating five other candidates in a landslide.[4] After the provincial election McCrae was appointed to the Executive Council of Alberta by Premier Peter Lougheed. He became a Minister without Portfolio responsible for Calgary affairs. McRae ran for a third term in the 1979 Alberta general election. His popular vote dropped quite a bit from his 1975 result, he still however won a landslide victory.[5] McCrae became the Minister of Government Services in 1979 and held that portfolio until he retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the assembly in 1982. He died on September 2, 2015 in Calgary, Alberta from cancer.[6] References1. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=HQfwAAAAMAAJ&q=%22McCrae,+Stewart+Alden%22&dq=%22McCrae,+Stewart+Alden%22&hl=en&ei=Dx59TrPkL-jnsQK0sMEs&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA] 2. ^{{cite hansard|house=Legislative Assembly of Alberta|date=October 10, 1973|page=58-3133}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=By-elections 1905-1973 |url=http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/742.htm#1905-1973 |publisher=Elections Alberta |accessdate=November 23, 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607094042/http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/742.htm |archivedate=June 7, 2009 }} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1975&Constit=Calgary-Foothills| title=Calgary-Foothills results 1975| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=November 23, 2009}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1979&Constit=Calgary-Foothills| title=Calgary-Foothills results 1979| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=November 23, 2009}} 6. ^http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/calgaryherald/obituary.aspx?n=stewart-mccrae&pid=175740227&fhid=14841 External links
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