Andrew Little (March 6, 1919 – February 2, 1993) was a politician from

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, Canada. Little was first elected to the

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in the

1975 Alberta general election The 1975 Alberta general election was held on March 26, 1975, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to the 18th Alberta Legislature. The election was called on February 14, 1975 prorogued and dissolved of the 17th Alberta Legi ...

defeating

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incumbent George Ho Lem by almost 5705 votes. He represented the Progressive Conservatives for Calgary McCall, and served as a back bencher in the Progressive Conservative government. In the

1979 Alberta general election The 1979 Alberta general election was held on March 14, 1979, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, which had been expanded to 79 seats. The Progressive Conservative Party of Peter Lougheed won its third consecutive term in go ...

, Little was easily re-elected to a second term in office. He served out his full term and retired in 1982. While serving in the Alberta Legislative Assembly he was chairman of the Alberta Human Tissue Procurement Task Force and Alberta's Occupational Health and Safety Council. Little died on February 2, 1993, of a heart attack. He also had Parkinson's disease.MLA BELIEVED IN GETTING THINGS DONE: inal EditionBrennan, Brian. Calgary Herald algary, Alta06 Feb 1993: B2.

References

Andrew Little Death Notice, Alberta Legislature Hansard February 4, 1993
{{DEFAULTSORT:Little, Andrew 1919 births 1993 deaths Politicians from Calgary Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs