William Delday Explained

William Delday
Birth Date:	25 July 1913
Birth Place:	Foxwarren, Manitoba^[1]
Death Date:	^[2]
Office:	Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Constituency:	Bow Valley-Empress
Term Start:	June 18, 1959
Term End:	May 23, 1967
Predecessor:	Bryce Stringam
Successor:	Fred Mandeville
Party:	Social Credit
Occupation:	politician

William Delday (July 25, 1913 – December 11, 1979) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1967 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government.

Political career

Delday first ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature in the 1959 general election. He stood as the Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Bow Valley-Empress. He defeated incumbent MLA Bryce Stringam by a comfortable majority to pick up the seat for his party.^[3]

In the 1963 general election Delday won a three-way race with a large majority.^[4]

Delday retired from the Assembly at dissolution in 1967.

External links

• Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing

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. December 14, 2014.
2. Web site: DA-EZ . 2012-03-13 . 2012-02-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120204170628/http://www.eidnet.org/local/agsbrooks/da-ez.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Bow Valley-Empress results 1959. Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . June 9, 2010.
4. Web site: Bow Valley-Empress results 1963. Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . June 9, 2010.