William Albert Atkinson

William Albert Atkinson (1876-1948) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1935 sitting with the Conservative caucus in opposition.

William Albert Atkinson
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office June 19, 1930 – August 22, 1935
Preceded by	Warren Prevey
Succeeded by	Samuel Barnes, David Mullen, Gerald O'Connor and George Van Allen
Constituency	Edmonton
Personal details
Born	May 18, 1876 Guthrie, Ontario[1]
Died	April 29, 1948(1948-04-29) (aged 71)
Political party	Conservative
Occupation	politician

Political career

Atkinson ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1930 Alberta general election in the Edmonton electoral district. Although not a winning candidate in the first count, the election used STV so he picked up enough later votes to take the last open seat to be elected.^[2]

Atkinson ran for a second term in office. He came in eleventh place on the first vote count and was unable to win enough vote transfers to take a seat this time.^[3]