James Patrick Heron (March 21, 1940 - November 27, 2023) was a provincial level 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 1986 to 1989.

Political career

Heron ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the

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. He won the electoral district of Stony Plain to hold it for the governing Progressive Conservative party. Heron ran for a second term in the

1989 Alberta general election The 1989 Alberta general election was held on March 20, 1989, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Many political observers were surprised by the early election call as less than three years had passed since the previous ele ...

he was defeated by New Democrat candidate

Stan Woloshyn Stanley Woloshyn (born July 17, 1939) is a politician in Alberta, Canada. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as an Alberta New Democrats candidate in 1989. Woloshyn was reportedly a former card-carrying Progressive Con ...

in a hotly contested race.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heron, Jim 1940 births Living people Politicians from Edmonton Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs