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Archibald Dick Johnston (Dick) (March 5, 1940 – June 25, 2003) is a former provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1993. ==Political career== Johnston ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature in the 1975 Alberta general election as a candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party in the Lethbridge East electoral district. He won the race with a landslide majority, defeating incumbent Social Credit MLA John Anderson and two other candidates to win his first term in office.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lethbridge-East election results 1975 )〕 After the election, Premier Peter Lougheed appointed Johnston to the cabinet as Minister of Municipal Affairs. Johnston stood for a second term and won the 1979 Alberta general election; his plurality dropped but he still easily defeated four other candidates.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lethbridge-East election results 1979 )〕 After winning his second term Lougheed moved him to be the new Minister of Intergovernmental Relations. He stood for a third term in office in the 1982 Alberta general election. He won the largest popular vote of his career, taking the district in a landslide and defeating four other candidates.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lethbridge-East election results 1982 )〕 He was then moved to his third portfolio as the Minister of Advanced Education and Technology. Johnston ran for his fourth term in the 1986 Alberta general election, losing almost half of his popular vote from the previous general election but still taking the district comfortably.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lethbridge-East election results 1986 )〕 After the election, Johnston was appointed to his most valuable portfolio yet as the Minister of Finance, holding that post until Ralph Klein became Premier in 1992. He stood for office for one more term, in the 1989 Alberta general election. He was returned to office, his popular vote rebounding slightly from 1986. The two opposition candidates saw marginal increased support.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lethbridge-East election results 1989 )〕 He retired at dissolution of the Assembly in 1989. Johnston died on June 25, 2003 in Paris, France. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Archibald D. Johnston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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