- Alan Hyland
Alan William Hyland is a municipal and provincial level politician from
Alberta ,Canada . He served as a member of theLegislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1993.Political career
Hyland ran as a candidate for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1975 Alberta general election. He ran in the Cypress electoral district, that was previously held by former Premier
Harry Strom . Hyland won the district picking it up for his party by winning a closely contested election defeating Social Credit candidate Barry Berhart and two other candidates.cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1975&Constit=Cypress|title=Cypress election results 1975|publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation|accessdate=2008-05-12] He was re-elected with a larger majority in the 1979 Alberta general election winning well over 50% of the popular vote.cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1979&Constit=Cypress|title=Cypress election results 1979|publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation|accessdate=2008-05-12] Hyland ran for a third term in office in the 1982 Alberta general election. He secured the largest majority of his political career with the only opposition coming from Independent candidate Orville Reber.cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1982&Constit=Cypress|title=Cypress election results 1982|publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation|accessdate=2008-05-12]Cypress electoral district was abolished in 1986 due to redistribution. Hyland ran in the new electoral district of
Cypress-Redcliffe for the 1986 general election. He won that election winning a close race over Lloyd Robinson running under the Representative Party banner.cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1986&Constit=Cypress-Redcliff|title=Cypress-Redcliff election results 1986|publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation|accessdate=2008-05-12] Robinson and Hyland would face each other again in the 1989 general election. Hyland would defeat Robinson by 600 votes, who increased his popular support running under the Liberal banner. Hyland retired at dissolution of the Assembly in 1993.cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1989&Constit=Cypress-Redcliff|title=Cypress-Redcliff election results 1989|publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation|accessdate=2008-05-12]After leaving provincial politics, Hyland became mayor of Bow Island,
Alberta .cite web|url=http://www.gunzburger.com/Hyland-Alan.htm|title=Alan Hyland, MLA|author=Ron Gunzburger|publisher=Politics1 Canada|accessdate=2008-05-12]References
External links
* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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