William Ure

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name = William Ure
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birth_date = December 22, 1913
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death_date = February 4, 2001
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office = MLA for Red Deer
term_start = 1959
term_end = 1971
predecessor = William Cameron Kirby
successor =Jim Foster
party = Social Credit
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William Kenneth Ure (December 22, 1913 — February 4, 2001) was a politician from Alberta, Canada.

Ure ran for the first time in the Red Deer electoral district as a member for the Social Credit party in a 1954 by-election to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Ure's older brother, Minister of Agriculture David Ure. The younger Ure lost by 246 votes to Conservative William Cameron KirbyHawthorn, Tom, "W.J.C. KIRBY: 1909-2003: Tory leader quit politics for bench; He failed to crack Socred grip on Alberta and instead became a fiery, no-nonsense judge," "Globe and Mail", August 21, 2003] and lost again when he contested the seat in the 1955 Alberta general election.

He was elected the very next provincial election in 1959. This time he defeated Kirby, who by this time was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, by a wide margin. He held the seat for the governing Social Credit party. He served three terms in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta before retiring in 1971.

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* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/annual_reports/report2001/Pages%20from%20anrep5.pdf Alberta Legislative Assembly 2001 Annual General Report]