{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | image_size =
| | name = William Albert Atkinson | caption = | birth_date = May 18, 1876 | birth_place = Guthrie, Ontario<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Guide Parlementaire Canadien|author1=Normandin, P.G.|author2=Normandin, A.L.|date=1929|publisher=P. G. Normandin|issn=0315-6168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2FdLAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=March 8, 2015}}</ref> | death_date = {{death date and age|1948|4|29|1876|5|18}} | death_place = | office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | constituency = Edmonton | term_start = June 19, 1930 | term_end = August 22, 1935 | predecessor = Warren Prevey | successor = Samuel Barnes, David Mullen, Gerald O'Connor and George Van Allen | party = Conservative | spouse = | children = | occupation = politician }} '''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.
==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 single transferrable voting so he picked up enough later votes to take the last open seat to be elected.<ref name="1930 official">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1930&Constit=Edmonton| title=Edmonton Official Results 1930 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=March 21, 2010}}</ref>
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.<ref name="1935 official">{{cite web | url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1935&Constit=Edmonton | title=Edmonton Official Results 1935 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=March 21, 2010 | archive-date=December 8, 2010 | archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208180134/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1935&Constit=Edmonton | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Atkinson, William}} Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs Category:1876 births Category:1948 deaths Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta