Alexander "Alex" William Gordey was a provincial politician from

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, Canada. He served as a member of the

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from 1959 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.

Political career

Gordey ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the

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in the electoral district of Vegreville as the Social Credit candidate. Gordey defeated incumbent

Stanley Ruzycki Stanley Nicholas Ruzycki (December 31, 1915 – October 15, 2004) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1955 to 1959 as one of two members of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation cauc ...

and two other candidates by a large margin to pick up the seat for his party. The 1963 boundary redistribution redistributed Gordey's riding, the riding became Vegreville-Bruce. Gordey ran for a second term in office in the new district for the election held that year. He faced four other candidates and won taking just over half of the popular vote. Gordey ran for a third term in office in the

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. He faced a strong challenge from Progressive Conservative candidate Mike Kawulych but managed to hold his seat. The 1971 boundary redistribution altered Vegreville-Bruce to once again become the riding of Vegreville. Gordey ran for his fourth term in the

1971 Alberta general election The 1971 Alberta general election was the seventeenth general election held in the Province of Alberta, Canada on August 30, 1971, to elect seventy-five members of the Alberta Legislature to form the 17th Alberta Legislative Assembly. The Progr ...

but was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate John Batiuk.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordey, Alex Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs 1912 births 1983 deaths