12 Facts About Walt Buck

Walter Alexander Buck was a provincial politician and dentist from Alberta, Canada.

Walt Buck served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1989.

Walt Buck won the electoral district of Clover Bar by a wide margin to hold it for the governing Social Credit Party of Alberta.

Walt Buck was not invited into Strom's cabinet after he became leader of the party and Premier of the province and thus remained in the back benches.

Walt Buck ran for a second term in office in the 1971 general election.

Walt Buck won a tight three-way race just edging out Progressive Conservative candidate J Devereux in an election that ended the Socreds' 36-year run in government.

Walt Buck would reclaim a large majority with his biggest win in terms of popular vote to date when he was elected to his third term in the 1975 general election.

Walt Buck won his fourth term with a massive landslide and the largest plurality of his career in the 1979 general election.

Walt Buck held his seat in a tight race with Stan Berg of the Progressive Conservatives and two other candidates.

Walt Buck ran for re-election in the 1986 general election under that banner winning a sizable majority in his riding.

Walt Buck retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the assembly in 1989.

Walt Buck died of stomach cancer in 2013 at Fort Saskatchewan.