Henry Woo | |
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MLA for Edmonton-Sherwood Park | |
In office 1979–1986 | |
Preceded by | New District |
Succeeded by | District Abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Lethbridge, Alberta [1] | March 18, 1929
Died | November 24, 2014 | (aged 85)
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Henry Woo ( Chinese: 胡建華 (March 18, 1929 – November 24, 2014) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He was born in Lethbridge, Alberta and he served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1986. During his time in the legislature he sat in the back benches as a member of the governing Progressive Conservative party.
Woo ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1979 Alberta general election. He won the new electoral district of Edmonton-Sherwood Park to pick it up for the governing Progressive Conservatives. [2]
In the 2nd Legislative Session Woo presented a petition of over 11,000 signatures to the Assembly to prevent the City of Edmonton annexing Strathcona County. [3]
Woo ran for a second term in the 1982 general election. He won re-election with a very high plurality of votes. [4] He retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the legislature in 1986. Woo died at the age of 85 on November 24, 2014. [5] [6]
Henry Woo | |
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MLA for Edmonton-Sherwood Park | |
In office 1979–1986 | |
Preceded by | New District |
Succeeded by | District Abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Lethbridge, Alberta [1] | March 18, 1929
Died | November 24, 2014 | (aged 85)
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Henry Woo ( Chinese: 胡建華 (March 18, 1929 – November 24, 2014) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He was born in Lethbridge, Alberta and he served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1986. During his time in the legislature he sat in the back benches as a member of the governing Progressive Conservative party.
Woo ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1979 Alberta general election. He won the new electoral district of Edmonton-Sherwood Park to pick it up for the governing Progressive Conservatives. [2]
In the 2nd Legislative Session Woo presented a petition of over 11,000 signatures to the Assembly to prevent the City of Edmonton annexing Strathcona County. [3]
Woo ran for a second term in the 1982 general election. He won re-election with a very high plurality of votes. [4] He retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the legislature in 1986. Woo died at the age of 85 on November 24, 2014. [5] [6]