Harry Lobay was a politician from Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

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Canada

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Harry was elected to 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...

 in the 1948 Alberta general election

Alberta general election, 1948

The Alberta general election of 1948 was the eleventh general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on August 17, 1948 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

 for the riding of Beaver River

Beaver River (provincial electoral district)

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 on a comfortable margin after ballot transfer. He represented the Alberta Social Credit Party, and served as a backbencher under the Ernest Manning

Ernest Manning

Ernest Charles Manning, , a Canadian politician, was the eighth Premier of Alberta between 1943 and 1968 for the Social Credit Party of Alberta. He served longer than any premier in the province's history, and was the second longest serving provincial premier in Canadian history...

 government.

Harry was re-elected in the 1952 Alberta general election

Alberta general election, 1952

The Alberta general election of 1952 was the twelfth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on August 5, 1952 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.Ernest C...

 in a hotly contested battle in the new district of Lac La Biche

Lac La Biche (provincial electoral district)

Lac La Biche was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971.-1957 liquor plebiscite:...

. He defeated Alberta Liberal Party

Alberta Liberal Party

The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...

 candidate William Hamilton by 40 votes.

In the 1959 Alberta general election

Alberta general election, 1959

The Alberta general election of 1959 was the fourteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on June 18, 1959 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.Ernest C...

, Harry ran attempting to get a third term in office, he was defeated by future Liberal party leader Michael Maccagno

Michael Maccagno

Michael "Mike" Maccagno was an provincial level politician from Alberta Canada. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1955 until he resigned in 1968...

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Harry again ran as the candidate in Lac La Biche in the 1967 Alberta general election

Alberta general election, 1967

The Alberta general election of 1967 was the sixteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on May 23, 1967 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

, but was once again defeated by Maccagno.