The Veterans' and Active Force was a one-man political party that was represented in the

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, from 1944 to 1948. It was led by William J. Williams. Williams, a

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veteran, ran and managed his own campaign on a platform of promoting veterans' benefits for soldiers who were coming home from the war. He was elected on the 16th and final vote count in the 1944 election in the

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district. His slim election victory resulted from the vote transfer of servicemen, who had voted

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as their first preference. The service vote was able to be tracked, because veterans and soldiers' were given special ballots. Mr. Williams did not seek re-election in 1948, and the Veterans' and Active Force party disappeared with his retirement. ''Source: Calgary Herald'', August 10, 1944.

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