Albert "Bert" Edward Hohol (born December 27, 1922) was a provincial level politician from Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

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. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Legislative Assembly of Alberta

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Queen, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton...

 from 1971 to 1979 sitting in the governing Progressive Conservative caucus. During his time in office he served a couple different cabinet portfolios under the Peter Lougheed

Peter Lougheed

Edgar Peter Lougheed, PC, CC, AOE, QC, is a Canadian lawyer, and a former politician and Canadian Football League player. He served as the tenth Premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985....

 government.

Political career

Hohol ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1971 Alberta general election

Alberta general election, 1971

The Alberta general election of 1971 was the seventeenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on August 30, 1971 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

. He faced a tough race against future Member of Parliament Werner Schmidt

Werner Schmidt

Werner Schmidt is a former Canadian politician. A teacher and school principal.-Political career:Schmidt was vice-president of Lethbridge Community College when he was chosen to succeed Harry Strom as leader of the Alberta Social Credit Party following the defeat of Strom's government in 1971...

 and future MLA Gordon Wright

Gordon Wright (politician)

Gordon Samuel Dales Wright was a lawyer who served as a Crown Prosecutor for the Attorney Generals office. He was also former provincial politician and perennial candidate from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 until his death.-Political...

. Hohol won the new district by a comfortable majority to pickup the seat for the Progressive Conservative party who formed government in that election.

Premier Peter Lougheed appointed Hohol to the Executive Council of Alberta

Executive Council of Alberta

The Executive Council of Alberta is the cabinet of that Canadian province.Almost always made up of members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, the Cabinet is similar in structure and role to the Cabinet of Canada while being smaller in size...

 to serve in his first cabinet. He was given the Minister of Labour and Manpower portfolio. Hohol ran for re-election in the 1975 Alberta general election

Alberta general election, 1975

The Alberta general election of 1975 was the eighteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 25, 1975 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

 with ministerial advantage. He was returned to his second term with a landslide. He increased his popular vote while the opposition vote collapsed.

After the election Lougheed changed Hohol's portfolio. He became the Minister of Advanced Education and Manpower. He took over advanced education and kept the manpower portion of his portfolio while giving the Labour portion to Neil Crawford

Neil Stanley Crawford

Neil Stanley Crawford was a politician and jazz musician from Alberta, Canada.-Early life:Neil was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He married Catherine May Hughes September 3, 1951...

. He retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the assembly in 1979.

External links

• Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing