{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{other people|John Anderson}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | image_size = | name = John Victor Anderson | caption = | birth_name = John Victor Prunkle | birth_date = {{birth date|1918|8|14}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1982|12|31|1918|8|14}} | birth_place = Medicine Hat, Alberta<ref name="google">{{cite journal|title=Guide parlementaire canadien|author1=Normandin, P.G.|author2=Normandin, A.L.|journal=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien|date=1975|publisher=P.G. Normandin|issn=0315-6168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HQfwAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=August 24, 2015}}</ref> | office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | constituency = Lethbridge-East | term_start = 1971 | term_end = 1975 | predecessor = New district | successor = Archibald Johnston | party = Social Credit | spouse = | occupation = politician }}
'''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.
==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.<ref name="elec1">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1971&Constit=Lethbridge-East | title=Lethbridge-East results 1971| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=December 13, 2009}}</ref>
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.<ref name="def1">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1975&Constit=Lethbridge-East | title=Lethbridge-East results 1975| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=December 13, 2009}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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