Albert Ludwig (November 14, 1919 – February 16, 2019) was a Canadian politician and

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combat veteran, lawyer, judge and author from

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Early life

Ludwig was born in 1919 in Melfort,

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. Ludwig joined the

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in 1940, and transferred to the

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in 1941. Albert was forced to abandon his plane over France.

Political career

Ludwig served as a member of the

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for the

Social Credit Party of Alberta Alberta Social Credit was a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded on social credit monetary policy put forward by Clifford Hugh Douglas and on conservative Christian social values. The Canadian social credit movement ...

through four terms from 1959 to 1975. As Minister of Public Works, Ludwig led efforts on behalf of the Government of Alberta to preserve

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following the University of Alberta's decision to demolish the historic home. Ludwig was nominated 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 Legis ...

but due to his wife's terminal illness that year he did not campaign and therefore lost the election to

John Kushner John Kushner (June 22, 1923 – March 2, 1984) was a Canadian federal and provincial level politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1979 and then served as a Member of Parliament from 1979 until his d ...

. After this election he left politics to practice law. Ludwig did not limit himself to provincial politics. He ran twice federally in

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for the Liberal Party of Canada, he lost both times again to

who also left provincial politics to run federally. After failing to gain office federally he was appointed as a Judge to the Provincial Criminal Court of Alberta and served that position from 1980 until his retirement 1989. Ludwig was nominated as the

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candidate in Calgary Foothills only days before the

1997 Alberta general election The 1997 Alberta general election was held on March 11, 1997, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Ralph Klein's Conservatives were re-elected, with increased number of seats in the Legislature. Liberal Official Opposition los ...

but was unable to regain a seat in the legislature and was defeated by incumbent Pat Black. Ludwig was also a co-author of The Canadian Creed, along with Robert E. Kulhawy He died in February 2019 at the age of 99.

References

Canadian Creed

External links

Canadian Creed by Albert Ludwig
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ludwig, Albert 1919 births 2019 deaths Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs Canadian military personnel of World War II Candidates in the 1979 Canadian federal election Candidates in the 1980 Canadian federal election People from Melfort, Saskatchewan Members of the Executive Council of Alberta Liberal Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons