William Kenneth Ure was a politician from Alberta, Canada. Ure ran for the first time in the Red Deer electoral district as a member for the Social Credit party in a 1954 by-election to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Ure's older brother, Minister of Agriculture David Ure. The younger Ure lost by 246 votes to Conservative William Cameron Kirby and lost again when he contested the seat in the 1955 Alberta general election. He was elected the very next provincial election in 1959.

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  • William Kenneth Ure was a politician from Alberta, Canada. Ure ran for the first time in the Red Deer electoral district as a member for the Social Credit party in a 1954 by-election to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Ure's older brother, Minister of Agriculture David Ure. The younger Ure lost by 246 votes to Conservative William Cameron Kirby and lost again when he contested the seat in the 1955 Alberta general election. He was elected the very next provincial election in 1959. This time he defeated Kirby, who by this time was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, by a wide margin. He held the seat for the governing Social Credit party. He served three terms in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta before retiring in 1971.
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  • William Kenneth Ure was a politician from Alberta, Canada. Ure ran for the first time in the Red Deer electoral district as a member for the Social Credit party in a 1954 by-election to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Ure's older brother, Minister of Agriculture David Ure. The younger Ure lost by 246 votes to Conservative William Cameron Kirby and lost again when he contested the seat in the 1955 Alberta general election. He was elected the very next provincial election in 1959.
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