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Gordon Samuel Dales Wright (June 28, 1927 – October 18, 1990) was a lawyer who served as a Crown Prosecutor for the Attorney General's office. He was also former provincial politician and perennial candidate from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 until his death. ==Political career== Wright was a long time NDP supporter. He first joined the Cooperative Commonwealth in the 1950s.〔 He ran for provincial office for the NDP for the first time in the 1967 Alberta general election in the electoral district of Edmonton North. Wright had a strong showing but was defeated finishing third out of fourth by incumbent Social Credit MLA Ethel Wilson.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Edmonton North results 1967 )〕 A year after his defeat he ran against Grant Notley in the 1968 NDP leadership election. He lost to Notely by a margin of 27 votes. He then became President of the party, and also later served numerous other positions on the provincial NDP executive. In the 1971 Alberta general election. Wright ran for his second time finishing third place in a field of three candidates in the Edmonton-Belmont electoral district. He finished behind Social Credit candidate Werner Schmidt and Progressive Conservative winner Bert Hohol.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Edmonton-Belmont results 1971 )〕 In the 1975 Alberta general election, Wright ran in Edmonton-Strathcona for the first time. He finished a strong second behind incumbent Julian Koziak.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Edmonton-Strathcona results 1975 )〕 He would run against Koziak for the second time in the 1979 Alberta general election this time doubling his popular vote but was unable to defeat him.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Edmonton-Strathcona results 1979 )〕 He would run against Koziak for a third time in the 1982 Alberta general election, Wright would gain another 2000 votes and come within 500 of defeating him in his closest election yet.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Edmonton-Strathcona results 1982 )〕 After running five times unsuccessfully and three times in Edmonton-Strathcona, Wright was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1986 Alberta general election. He won the two way race and defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA Julian Koziak. There were a total of six candidates running in the Edmonton-Strathcona electoral district but the other four candidates were not factors and trailed well behind in support.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Edmonton-Strathcona results 1986 )〕 Wright would win a his second and final term in the 1989 Alberta general election. All three candidates would have strong showings, Wright easily won the district by a comfortable margin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Edmonton-Strathcona results 1989 )〕 He died from Pancreatic Cancer on October 18, 1990.〔 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「Gordon Wright (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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