Frederick Thomas Mandeville (May 3, 1922 – April 7, 2020) was a politician from

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, Canada. He served in the

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from 1967 to 1982 as a member of the Social Credit caucus both in government and in opposition. He was the last person to sit in the Alberta Legislature under the Social Credit banner.

Political career

Mandeville was born in

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. He first ran in the

1967 Alberta general election The 1967 Alberta general election was held on May 23, 1967, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to the 16th Alberta Legislature. The election was called after the 15th Alberta Legislature was prorogued on April 11, 1967, and ...

; he won the electoral district of

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by 500 votes ahead of Coalition candidate Ben MacLeod to hold the district for the Social Credit party. Bow Valley-Empress was abolished and Mandeville ran for a second term in the new electoral district of Bow Valley in the 1971 general election. He faced a straight fight against Progressive Conservative candidate Don Murray. Mandeville improved his margin of victory in the new electoral district to pick it up for Social Credit who became the official opposition after the Progressive Conservatives formed government. Mandeville won his third term in office 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 ...

. His share of the vote dropped slightly but he held his seat comfortably even as almost all other Socred candidates went down to defeat. He defeated two other candidates to retain his seat. In the 1979 general election Mandeville won the largest share of votes of his career as he defeated three other candidates to keep his seat. During the session, former leader

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resigned, and two others,

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and

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, left the party to sit as independents shortly after the call of the 1982 general election, leaving Mandeville as the sole member of the once-proud party's caucus. Mandeville retired from the legislature at dissolution in 1982; he was the last person to sit in the Alberta Legislative Assembly under the Social Credit banner. He died on April 7, 2020.Frederick Thomas Mandeville of Brooks, Alberta , 1922 - 2020 , Obituary
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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mandeville, Fred 1922 births 2020 deaths Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs Politicians from Lethbridge