Robert A. Simpson

Robert A. Simpson

Robert Archibald "Bob" Simpson was a former provincial politician.

Political career

Simpson attempted to run for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1962 Canadian federal election. He finished second to incumbent Douglas Scott Harkness in a hotly contested election by roughly 6000 votes for the Social Credit Party of Canada in the Calgary North electoral district. Simpson would challenge Harkness for his seat a year later at loose by a wider margin.

After his two federal electoral defeats, Simpson ran for a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1963 Alberta general election. He won the Calgary North provincial electoral district holding it for the Alberta Social Credit Party. Simpson won the election comfortably defeating three other candidates by a wide margin.cite web | url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1967&Constit=Calgary-North| title =Calgary North 1967 election results |publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation|accessdate=2008-02-20] He ran for a second term in office in the 1967 Alberta general election, the election was a hotly contested four way race with Simpson finishing about 400 votes ahead of Henry Beaumont from the Progressive Conservatives.cite web | url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1967&Constit=Calgary-North| title =Calgary North 1967 election results |publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation|accessdate=2008-02-20]

Simpson ran for a third term in the 1971 Alberta general election. His riding was abolished and he stood for office in the new riding of Calgary North Hill. In that election he would go down to defeat by a margin of 67 votes from challenger Roy Farran from the Progressive Conservatives. Simpson would attempt to regain his seat against Farran in the 1975 Alberta general election, he would be defeated in a landslide and retire from provincial politics.cite web | url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=19&Constit=Calgary-North_Hill | title =Calgary North Hill election results |publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation|accessdate=2008-02-20]

References

External links

* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]


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