Louis Wesley Heard was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada.
13 Facts About Lou Heard
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Lou Heard served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta twice.
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Lou Heard moved to a house once owned by Ambrose Bury in the Edmonton neighborhood of the Highlands in 1946.
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Lou Heard ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the electoral district of Edmonton as a Social Credit candidate in the 1948 Alberta general election.
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Lou Heard won the second place seat to earn is first term in office.
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Lou Heard did not run again at dissolution of the Legislature in 1952.
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Lou Heard ran for a second term in office in the 1959 Alberta general election in the new electoral district of Edmonton North East.
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Lou Heard defeated four other candidates with a sizable majority to pick up the new seat for his party.
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Lou Heard ran for a third term in office in the 1963 Alberta general election, facing a strong challenge from Alberta NDP Leader Neil Reimer.
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Lou Heard ran for a fourth term in the 1967 Alberta general election.
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Lou Heard was nearly defeated by NDP candidate Ivor Dent and Progressive Conservative candidate Alan Cooke who polled a strong vote.
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Lou Heard ran for re-election that year in the new district of Edmonton-Beverly.
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Lou Heard was easily defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Bill Diachuk.