Alberta Senate nominee election, 1989

The 1st Alberta Senate nominee election was held on October 16, 1989 in Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It was held in conjunction with Alberta municipal elections under the Local Authorities Election Act., and resulted in the first Canadian Senator appointed following a popular election.

The vote was held along municipal electoral boundaries, but conducted by Elections Alberta

Elections Alberta

Elections Alberta is the non-partisan organization which oversees general elections and by-elections for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Elections Alberta also oversees Senatorial elections and plebiscites.-History:...

. Candidates were registered with provincial parties.

Stan Waters

Stanley Waters

Lieutenant General Stanley Charles "Stan" Waters, CD was Canada's first Senator to be appointed to his Senate seat following a non-binding provincial Senate election.-Early life:...

, nominated by the Reform Party

Reform Party of Alberta

The Reform Party of Alberta is a defunct provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was registered with Elections Alberta. Its leader was David Salmon.-Early history:...

, won the election, and was subsequently appointed to the Senate.

Candidates and results

	Candidate	Party	Votes #	Votes %	Stan Waters	Reform Reform Party of Alberta The Reform Party of Alberta is a defunct provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was registered with Elections Alberta. Its leader was David Salmon.-Early history:...	259,292	41.7%	Bill Code Bill Code -Political career:Bill Code made his first attempt at public office when he ran as a candidate for the Canadian House of Commons under the Liberal Party of Canada banner in the 1984 Canadian federal election in the riding of Calgary West. In that election he finished second, in a field of seven...	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	139,809	22.5%	Bert Brown Bert Brown For the English footballer Bert Brown, see Sailor BrownBert Brown is a Canadian Senator and retired farmer and development consultant currently residing in Balzac, Alberta.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...	127,638	20.5%	Gladys Taylor	Independent	38,534	6.2%	Kenneth Paproski Kenneth Paproski Kenneth Robert Howard Paproski is a former provincial level politician and medical doctor from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1982.-Political career:...	Independent	30,849	5.0%	Tom Sindlinger Tom Sindlinger Tom Sindlinger is a politician in Alberta, Canada, and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.Tom Sindlinger was elected as a member for the district of Calgary-Buffalo in the 1979 for the Progressive Conservatives. He disagreed with his party on matters relating to the Heritage Trust...	Independent	25,491	4.1%

Candidates and results

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