Donald H. Sparrow Explained

Donald Hugh Sparrow
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Wetaskiwin-Leduc
Term Start:1982
Term End:1993
Predecessor:Dallas Schmidt
Successor:District Abolished
Birth Date:21 November 1935
Birth Place:Conjuring Creek, Alberta, Canada
Death Place:County of Wetaskiwin No. 10, Alberta, Canada
Party:Progressive Conservative
Children:5
Spouse:[1]

Donald Hugh Sparrow (November 21, 1935 – July 10, 1993) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 to 1993.

Political career

Sparrow ran for a seat as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1982 Alberta general election. He won the Wetaskiwin-Leduc electoral district with a super majority, defeating three other candidates and winning with a 9000 vote plurality over second place candidate Bill Hosford from the Western Canada Concept.[2] He was re-elected with a substantially smaller majority in the 1986 Alberta general election. Sparrow lost 7,100 votes from his 1982 total, the field of five candidates turned into a two-way race between New Democratic candidate Dick Devries and Sparrow. On election night Sparrow hung on to his district winning a 2000 vote plurality over Devries.[3] Sparrow ran for his third and final term in the 1989 Alberta general election. His margin of victory shrank as he won a hotly contested three-way election.[4] He retired from public office at dissolution of the Assembly in 1993 and died a few weeks later in an automobile accident near Alberta Highway 2 and Alberta Highway 13.[5] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Guide Parlementaire Canadien . 1986 .
  2. Web site: Wetaskiwin-Leduc results 1982 general election. Alberta Heritage Foundation. 2008-04-14. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110612182842/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1982&Constit=Wetaskiwin-Leduc. 2011-06-12.
  3. Web site: Wetaskiwin-Leduc results 1986 general election. Alberta Heritage Foundation. 2008-04-14. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110612182912/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1986&Constit=Wetaskiwin-Leduc. 2011-06-12.
  4. Web site: Wetaskiwin-Leduc results 1989 general election. Alberta Heritage Foundation. 2008-04-14. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110612182918/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1989&Constit=Wetaskiwin-Leduc. 2011-06-12.
  5. News: Sparrow killed in car crash. Crockatt. Joan. July 12, 1993. 1. Edmonton Journal. October 6, 2022.
  6. Book: Alberta Catholic Politicians. 9781897472897. Mardon. Austin. 2012.