John Victor Anderson

For other people named John Anderson, see John Anderson (disambiguation).

John Victor Anderson (August 8, 1918 – December 31, 1982) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1975 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in the official opposition.

John Victor Anderson
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office 1971–1975
Preceded by	New district
Succeeded by	Archibald Johnston
Constituency	Lethbridge-East
Personal details
Born	John Victor Prunkle (1918-08-14)August 14, 1918 Medicine Hat, Alberta[1]
Died	December 31, 1982(1982-12-31) (aged 64)
Political party	Social Credit
Occupation	politician

Political career

Anderson ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1971 Alberta general election. He ran in the new electoral district of Lethbridge-East as a candidate for the Social Credit party and faced two other candidates. Anderson won the race by a comfortable margin to pick up the district for Social Credit who was defeated from government in that election. Anderson faced a strong challenge by Progressive Conservative candidate Richard Barton but still beat him by almost a thousand votes.^[2]

Anderson ran for a second term in the 1975 Alberta general election. He faced three other candidates and finished second after his popular vote collapsed. He was defeated in a landslide by Archibald Johnston, losing his seat by over 5000 votes.^[3]