Percy Wickman

{{Short description|Canadian politician and activist (1941–2004)}} {{autobiography|date=April 2019}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Percy Wickman | honorific_suffix = CM | image = | caption = | birth_name = Percy Dwight Wickman | birth_date = {{birth date|1941|6|10}} | birth_place = Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2004|7|3|1941|6|10}} | death_place = Edmonton, Alberta | spouse = Silvia | office1 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | constituency1 = Edmonton-Rutherford | predecessor1 = | successor1 = Ian McClelland | term_start1 = 1993 | term_end1 = 2001 | constituency2 = Edmonton-Whitemud | predecessor2 = Don Getty | successor2 = Mike Percy | term_start2 = 1989 | term_end2 = 1993 | profession = activist, city councillor | party = Alberta Liberal Party | party colour = | footnotes = | website = }} '''Percy Dwight Wickman''' (June 10, 1941 – July 3, 2004) was a Canadian politician and well-known activist for people with disabilities. Wickman served on the Edmonton City Council from 1977 to 1986 and as Liberal MLA from 1989 to 2001.

He was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Wickman served as an alderman on Edmonton City Council from 1977 to 1986. He made headlines when he was elected as Liberal MLA for Edmonton-Whitemud after unseating Alberta premier Don Getty in the 1989 election, despite the fact Getty had otherwise won a majority government. In 1993 election and 1997 election Wickman was re-elected as the MLA for Edmonton Rutherford. Wickman retired from politics in 2001.

Wickman died in 2004 due to a paraplegic-related infection at the age of 63, less than a month after being invested as a Member of the Order of Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/paraplegic-mla-blazed-a-trail-for-disabled-in-alberta/article25679505/|title=Paraplegic MLA blazed a trail for disabled in Alberta|date=April 8, 2009|website=theglobeandmail.com|access-date=February 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-2238|title=Mr. Percy D. Wickman|website=www.gg.ca|access-date=May 31, 2025}}</ref>

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==Further reading== *{{cite book |last1=Percy |first1=Wickman |title=Wheels in the Fast Lane: A Blessing in Disguise |date=1987 |publisher=Triwicky Enterprises |location=Edmonton |isbn=9780889257559 |url=https://archive.org/details/wheelsinfastlane0000wick |url-access=registration}}

==External links== *[https://archive.today/20041010035743/http://www.accd.net/2004-Fall_News_pub.htm Death of Percy Wickman] *[http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-73-1472-9845/politics_economy/alberta_elections/clip5 Embarrassment for Getty CBC Archives]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wickman, Percy}} Category:1941 births Category:2004 deaths Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Category:Alberta Liberal Party MLAs Category:Canadian politicians with disabilities Category:Members of the Order of Canada Category:Northern Alberta Institute of Technology alumni Category:Politicians from Thunder Bay Category:Politicians with paraplegia