Alfred Macyk (March 2, 1924 – May 1, 2018) 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 1955 to 1959 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition.

Political career

Macyk ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as a Liberal candidate in the electoral district of Redwater in the

1955 Alberta general election The 1955 Alberta general election was held on June 29, 1955, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Despite losing almost 10% of the popular vote (compared to its 1952 proportion of the vote) and 30% of its seats in the legislat ...

. He defeated incumbent MLA

Peter Chaba Peter Chaba (May 23, 1903 – March 29, 1964) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province o ...

on the third vote count to win the four way race and pickup the seat for his party. Macyk ran for a second term in office in the

1959 Alberta general election Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

. He was handily defeated by Social Credit candidate

John Dubetz John Dubetz (1916-2002) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1963 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government. Political career Dubetz ran for a seat to the Alberta Legisl ...

finishing second ahead of Progressive Conservative candidate

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in the three way race. He died on May 1, 2018.Alfred MACYK obituary
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References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Macyk, Alfred Alberta Liberal Party MLAs 1924 births 2018 deaths