William Roberts | |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Centre |
Term Start: | 1986 |
Term End: | 1993 |
Predecessor: | Mary LeMessurier |
Successor: | Michael Henry |
Birth Date: | 22 July 1954 |
Birth Place: | Hamilton, Ontario |
Party: | Alberta New Democratic Party |
Residence: | Edmonton, Alberta |
William Roberts (born July 22, 1954) is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 to 1993.[1]
Roberts ran for office as a New Democrat candidate in the 1986 Alberta general election. He defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA Mary LeMessurier by a margin of 160 votes.[2] Roberts ran for a second term in office in the 1989 Alberta general election. In his second election he improved his margin of victory and won a comfortable plurality on a three-way split defeating five other candidates.[3] Roberts retired at dissolution of the Legislature in 1993.