Richard Herbert Jamieson (1912-2003) was a politician from

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. He served as a member of the

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from 1959 to 1963 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government. He later served as a Public School Trustee for the Edmonton School Board from 1971 to 1983.

Political career

Provincial

Jamieson ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as a Social Credit candidate in the

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electoral district for the

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. Due to the

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electoral district being broken up due to redistribution the race was hotly contested with two incumbents. Jamieson defeated John Page and Abe Miller taking just over 40% of the popular vote to win a seat and pickup the new district for his party. He retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the Assembly in 1963.

Municipal

Jamieson ran for a seat to the

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in the

1968 Edmonton municipal election The 1968 Edmonton municipal election was held on October 16, 1968, to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and seven trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. The electorate also decided three pl ...

. He finished in eighth place over all, just missing out on the seventh place seat. Jamieson attempted a second run for public school trustee in the

1971 Edmonton municipal election The 1971 municipal election was held October 13, 1971 to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and seven trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. This was the first election in which a ward syst ...

. This time he managed to win his first term in office, winning the seventh and final seat. Jamieson ran for his second term as a Trustee in the

1974 Edmonton municipal election The 1974 municipal election was held October 16, 1974 to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and seven trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. Voter turnout There were 141,636 ballots cast o ...

. He won the first place seat heading the polls to return to office. The

1977 Edmonton municipal election The 1977 municipal election was held October 19, 1977 to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, nine trustees to sit on the public school board, and seven trustees to sit on the separate school board. This was the first ...

saw Jamieson run for his third term in office. He won the seventh out of nine seats to keep his seat on council after losing some of his popular vote from the previous election. Jamieson ran for his fourth and final term in the

1980 Edmonton municipal election The 1980 municipal election was held October 15, 1980 to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, nine trustees to sit on the public school board, and seven trustees to sit on the separate school board. This was the first ...

. He won the sixth place out of nine seats to return to council. He retired at dissolution of council in 1983.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jamieson, Richard 1912 births 2003 deaths Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs Politicians from Saskatoon Alberta school board trustees