Lou Heard Explained

Lou Heard
Birth Date:March 8, 1909
Birth Place:Crane Lake, Saskatchewan
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Constituency:Edmonton
Term Start:August 17, 1948
Term End:August 5, 1952
Predecessor:Norman James John Page and William J. Williams
Successor:Edgar Gerhart, John Page, Joseph Ross and Harold Tanner
Alongside:Clayton Adams, James Prowse Ernest Manning and Elmer Roper
Constituency1:Edmonton North East
Term Start1:June 18, 1959
Term End1:August 30, 1971
Predecessor1:New District
Successor1:District Abolished
Party:Social Credit
Occupation:politician

Louis Wesley Heard (March 8, 1909 – February 27, 1987)[1] was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta twice. The first stint was from 1948 to 1952, and the second was from 1959 to 1971. Heard sat with the Social Credit caucus in government both times.

Early life

Heard was born in Saskatchewan in 1909. He moved to a house once owned by Ambrose Bury in the Edmonton neighborhood of the Highlands in 1946.[2]

Political career

Heard ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the electoral district of Edmonton as a Social Credit candidate in the 1948 Alberta general election.[3] He won the second place seat to earn is first term in office. Heard did not run again at dissolution of the Legislature in 1952.

Heard ran for a second term in office in the 1959 Alberta general election in the new electoral district of Edmonton North East. He defeated four other candidates with a sizable majority to pick up the new seat for his party.[4]

After winning the election, Heard did not run for another term on the Social Credit provincial executive.[5]

Heard ran for a third term in office in the 1963 Alberta general election, facing a strong challenge from Alberta NDP Leader Neil Reimer. Heard won the district defeating the three other candidates with just over 40% of the popular vote.[6]

Heard ran for a fourth term in the 1967 Alberta general election. He was nearly defeated by NDP candidate Ivor Dent and Progressive Conservative candidate Alan Cooke who also polled a strong vote. Heard took the district with just 35% of the popular vote.[7]

The 1971 boundary redistribution saw Edmonton North East abolished. Heard ran for re-election that year in the new district of Edmonton-Beverly. Heard was easily defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Bill Diachuk.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Guide Parlementaire Canadien. Normandin, P.G.. Normandin, A.L.. The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien. 1965. P.G. Normandin. 0315-6168. July 12, 2015.
  2. Web site: The Highlands. Alberta Community Development. 18–19. April 25, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20130514005846/http://www.culture.alberta.ca/heritage/resourcemanagement/historicplacesstewardship/heritagesurvey/pdf/Highlands.pdf. May 14, 2013. dead.
  3. Web site: Edmonton Official Results 1948 Alberta general election . Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . April 23, 2010.
  4. Web site: Edmonton North East Official Results 1959 Alberta general election . Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . April 23, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110612070015/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1959&Constit=Edmonton-North_East . June 12, 2011 . dead .
  5. News: Kennedy Elected To His 7th Term. The Lethbridge Herald. November 26, 1959. 2. Vol LII No. 293.
  6. Web site: Edmonton North East Official Results 1963 Alberta general election . Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . April 23, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110612070042/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1963&Constit=Edmonton-North_East . June 12, 2011 . dead .
  7. Web site: Edmonton North East Official Results 1967 Alberta general election . Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . April 23, 2010.
  8. Web site: Edmonton-Beverly Results 1971 Alberta general election . Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . April 23, 2010.