{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | image_size = | name = Richard Herbert Jamieson | caption = | birth_date = April 19, 1912 | birth_place = Saskatoon, Saskatchewan<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=1965|publisher=P.G. Normandin|issn=0315-6168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=omxLAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=September 14, 2015}}</ref> | death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|9|15|1912|4|19}} | death_place = Edmonton, Alberta<ref name="canada">{{cite web|url=http://classifieds.canada.com/edmonton/archives/results.aspx?cls_id=33935&keyoper=ALL&keywords=Jamieson&startday=12&startmonth=5&startyear=2002&endday=16&endmonth=4&endyear=2011&pn=4|title=Remembering Obituaries All time: All of Remembering Obituaries from All time|publisher=classifieds.canada.com|accessdate=September 14, 2015}}</ref> | office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | constituency = Jasper West | term_start = June 18, 1959 | term_end = June 17, 1963 | predecessor = New district | successor = District Abolished | office1 = Edmonton Public School Trustee | term_start1 = October 13, 1971 | term_end1 = October 17, 1983 | party = Social Credit | occupation = politician | spouse = }}
'''Richard Herbert Jamieson''' (1912-2003) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1963 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government. He later served as a Public School Trustee for the Edmonton School Board from 1971 to 1983.
==Political career==
===Provincial=== Jamieson ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as a Social Credit candidate in the Jasper West electoral district for the 1959 Alberta general election. Due to the Edmonton electoral district being broken up due to redistribution the race was hotly contested with two incumbents. Jamieson defeated John Page and Abe Miller taking just over 40% of the popular vote to win a seat and pickup the new district for his party.<ref name="1959 elec">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1959&Constit=Jasper-West| title=Jasper West results 1959| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 22, 2010}}</ref>
He retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the Assembly in 1963.
===Municipal=== Jamieson ran for a seat to the Edmonton Public School Board in the 1968 Edmonton municipal election. He finished in eighth place over all, just missing out on the seventh place seat.<ref name="68trust">{{cite web |title=Election Results 1945 - 2007 |url=http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Election_Results_1945_-_2007.doc |publisher=City of Edmonton |page=53 |accessdate=July 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215014547/http://edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Election_Results_1945_-_2007.doc |archivedate=December 15, 2010 }}</ref>
Jamieson attempted a second run for public school trustee in the 1971 Edmonton municipal election. This time he managed to win his first term in office, winning the seventh and final seat.<ref name="71trust">{{cite web |title=Election Results 1945 - 2007 |url=http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Election_Results_1945_-_2007.doc |publisher=City of Edmonton |page=58 |accessdate=July 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215014547/http://edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Election_Results_1945_-_2007.doc |archivedate=December 15, 2010 }}</ref>
Jamieson ran for his second term as a Trustee in the 1974 Edmonton municipal election. He won the first place seat heading the polls to return to office.<ref name="74trust">{{cite web |title=Election Results 1945 - 2007 |url=http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Election_Results_1945_-_2007.doc |publisher=City of Edmonton |page=61 |accessdate=July 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215014547/http://edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Election_Results_1945_-_2007.doc |archivedate=December 15, 2010 }}</ref>
The 1977 Edmonton municipal election saw Jamieson run for his third term in office. He won the seventh out of nine seats to keep his seat on council after losing some of his popular vote from the previous election.<ref name="77trust">{{cite web |title=Election Results 1945 - 2007 |url=http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Election_Results_1945_-_2007.doc |publisher=City of Edmonton |page=64 |accessdate=July 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215014547/http://edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Election_Results_1945_-_2007.doc |archivedate=December 15, 2010 }}</ref>
Jamieson ran for his fourth and final term in the 1980 Edmonton municipal election. He won the sixth place out of nine seats to return to council.<ref name="80trust">{{cite web |title=Election Results 1945 - 2007 |url=http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Election_Results_1945_-_2007.doc |publisher=City of Edmonton |page=67 |accessdate=July 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215014547/http://edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Election_Results_1945_-_2007.doc |archivedate=December 15, 2010 }}</ref> He retired at dissolution of council in 1983.
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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]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jamieson, Richard}} Category:1912 births Category:2003 deaths Category:Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs Category:Politicians from Saskatoon Category:Alberta school board trustees Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta