14 Facts About Eric Musgreave

Eric Charles Musgreave was a politician from Alberta, Canada.

Eric Musgreave served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1989 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus and as an Alderman on Calgary City Council from 1967 to 1974.

Eric Musgreave was educated at Western Canada High School in Calgary, Alberta.

Eric Musgreave enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.

Eric Musgreave attended Carleton University following the War, earning a Bachelor in Commerce and began working at Imperial Oil in Calgary.

Eric Musgreave was elected as Alderman on Calgary City Council for Ward 1 in the 1969 Calgary municipal election.

Eric Musgreave served three more terms before entering provincial politics.

Eric Musgreave ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1967 Alberta general election.

Eric Musgreave was defeated by Social Credit incumbent Lee Leavitt.

Eric Musgreave made another attempt to win a seat in the 1975 Alberta general election, this time in the electoral district of Calgary-McKnight.

Eric Musgreave was returned for a second term in the 1979 Alberta general election.

Eric Musgreave defeated four other candidates and won the district with 10,000 votes over his second place competitor Eileen Nesbitt of the New Democrats.

Eric Musgreave still won the three-way race by doubling second place Sandra Botting from the New Democrats vote.

Eric Musgreave retired from provincial politics at the dissolution of the assembly in 1989.