Fred Mandeville
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Frederick "Fred" Thomas Mandeville (born May 3, 1922) was a provincial level politician from Alberta
, Canada
. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
from 1967 to 1982 sitting as part of the Social Credit caucus when it was both in government and official opposition. He was the last person to sit in the Alberta Legislature under the Social Credit banner when he left his seat in 1982.
. He won the electoral district of Bow Valley-Empress defeating two other candidates in a hotly contested race. He finished 500 votes ahead of candidate Ben MacLeod who ran under the Coalition banner to hold the district for the governing Social Credit party.
Bow Valley-Empress was abolished and Mandeville ran for a second term in office in the new Bow Valley electoral district for the 1971 Alberta general election
. He faced a straight fight to hold his seat against Progressive Conservative candidate Don Murray. Mandeville improved his margin of victory in the new electoral district to pick it up for the Social Credits who became the official opposition after the Progressive Conservatives formed government.
Mandeville won his third term in office in the 1975 Alberta general election
. His popular vote would drop slightly but he comfortably held his seat despite most of the other candidates in his party getting wiped out. He defeated two other candidates to win the election.
The next general election
held in 1979 would see Manderville win the highest popular vote of his career despite other candidates from his party not being able to pick up seats. He easily defeated three other candidates to keep his seat. In 1982 the Social Credit caucus fell apart with one member resigning early and two members leaving to become Independent. Manderville retired from the legislature at dissolution in 1982 and became the last person to sit under the Social Credit banner.
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
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. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Queen, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton...
from 1967 to 1982 sitting as part of the Social Credit caucus when it was both in government and official opposition. He was the last person to sit in the Alberta Legislature under the Social Credit banner when he left his seat in 1982.
Political career
Mandeville ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1967 Alberta general electionAlberta general election, 1967
The Alberta general election of 1967 was the sixteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on May 23, 1967 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....
. He won the electoral district of Bow Valley-Empress defeating two other candidates in a hotly contested race. He finished 500 votes ahead of candidate Ben MacLeod who ran under the Coalition banner to hold the district for the governing Social Credit party.
Bow Valley-Empress was abolished and Mandeville ran for a second term in office in the new Bow Valley electoral district for the 1971 Alberta general election
Alberta general election, 1971
The Alberta general election of 1971 was the seventeenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on August 30, 1971 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....
. He faced a straight fight to hold his seat against Progressive Conservative candidate Don Murray. Mandeville improved his margin of victory in the new electoral district to pick it up for the Social Credits who became the official opposition after the Progressive Conservatives formed government.
Mandeville won his third term in office in the 1975 Alberta general election
Alberta general election, 1975
The Alberta general election of 1975 was the eighteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 25, 1975 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....
. His popular vote would drop slightly but he comfortably held his seat despite most of the other candidates in his party getting wiped out. He defeated two other candidates to win the election.
The next general election
Alberta general election, 1979
The Alberta general election of 1979 was the nineteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 14, 1979 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....
held in 1979 would see Manderville win the highest popular vote of his career despite other candidates from his party not being able to pick up seats. He easily defeated three other candidates to keep his seat. In 1982 the Social Credit caucus fell apart with one member resigning early and two members leaving to become Independent. Manderville retired from the legislature at dissolution in 1982 and became the last person to sit under the Social Credit banner.