William Ure

William Kenneth Ure was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative [Assembly of Alberta] from 1959 to 1971 sitting with the governing Social Credit caucus.

Political career

Ure ran for as a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the Red Deer (provincial [electoral district)|Red Deer] electoral district in the 1959 [Alberta general election]. He defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA William Kirby in landslide to pick up the district for the Social Credit party.
He ran for a second term in the 1963 Alberta general election. His popular support dropped slightly, but he still easily defeated his three challengers by a wide margin to hold his seat.
Ure ran for his third term in office in the 1967 Alberta general election. He ran in a tight election against future MLA James Foster. Ure increased his popular vote slightly from the previous general election, but his margin of victory slid as Foster came a close second out of the four candidates.
The Red Deer electoral district had its boundaries changed due to redistribution in 1971. Ure ran for re-election in the new riding of Innisfail. He was defeated in a hotly contested straight fight with Progressive Conservative candidate Clifford Doan.
Ure's brother David A. Ure served as a Legislative Assembly of Alberta member for Red Deer from 1943 to 1954.