Bill Bonner is a former provincial level politician. He was a member of the

Legislative Assembly of Alberta The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly currently has 87 members, elected first past the post from singl ...

from 1997 to 2004.

Political career

Bonner was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in 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 ...

. He won the electoral district of Edmonton-Glengarry by over 1,000 votes over Don Clarke of the Progressive Conservatives and four other candidates. Bonner was re-elected to a second term in the

2001 Alberta general election The 2001 Alberta general election was held on March 12, 2001 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The incumbent Alberta Progressive Conservative Party, led by Ralph Klein, won a strong majority for its tenth consecutive term i ...

. He won by 69 votes over former the MLA

Andrew Beniuk Andrew George Beniuk (born April 26, 1944) is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a Member of the Alberta Legislature from 1993 until 1997 and has since tried to regain his seat twice since being defeated. Poli ...

. The race was the closest of the 2001 general election. Bonner retired at the end of his second term in office.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
Living people Alberta Liberal Party MLAs Politicians from Edmonton Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Canadian politicians {{Alberta-politician-stub