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Donald Hugh Sparrow | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Wetaskiwin-Leduc | |
In office 1982–1993 | |
Preceded by | Dallas Schmidt |
Succeeded by | District Abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Conjuring Creek, Alberta, Canada | November 21, 1935
Died | July 10, 1993 County of Wetaskiwin No. 10, Alberta, Canada | (aged 57)
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Spouse |
Lucille Halwa (m. 1958) |
Children | 5 |
Donald Hugh Sparrow (November 21, 1935 – July 10, 1993) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 to 1993.
Sparrow ran for a seat as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1982 Alberta general election. He won the Wetaskiwin-Leduc electoral district with a super majority, defeating three other candidates and winning with a 9000 vote plurality over second place candidate Bill Hosford from the Western Canada Concept.[2] He was re-elected with a substantially smaller majority in the 1986 Alberta general election. Sparrow lost 7,100 votes from his 1982 total, the field of five candidates turned into a two-way race between New Democratic candidate Dick Devries and Sparrow. On election night Sparrow hung on to his district winning a 2000 vote plurality over Devries.[3] Sparrow ran for his third and final term in the 1989 Alberta general election. His margin of victory shrank as he won a hotly contested three-way election.[4] He retired from public office at dissolution of the Assembly in 1993 and died a few weeks later in an automobile accident near Alberta Highway 2 and Alberta Highway 13.[5][6]