Raymond Albert Speaker

Raymond Albert Speaker exemplified the pragmatic fluidity of Alberta politics during the Social Credit era, holding the Little Bow seat across six consecutive elections (1963–1982) before progressively shifting party affiliations as regional political winds changed. His migration from Social Credit through Independent, Representative, Progressive Conservative, and finally Reform between 1982 and 1989 suggests a politician responsive to constituency sentiment rather than ideological conviction, a pattern culminating in his successful federal pivot to the Reform Party in 1993 with substantially larger vote totals than his provincial career. Speaker's career arc tracks the decomposition of Alberta Social Credit dominance and the rise of conservative populism in western Canada during the 1980s.

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Candidacy Notes

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Profession: Farmer

Election	Electoral District	Political Party	Votes	Elected
AB (Jun 1963)	Little Bow	Alberta Social Credit Party	3,368	Yes
AB (May 1967)	Little Bow	Alberta Social Credit Party	3,367	Yes
AB (Aug 1971)	Little Bow	Alberta Social Credit Party	3,400	Yes
AB (Mar 1975)	Little Bow	Alberta Social Credit Party	3,132	Yes
AB (Mar 1979)	Little Bow	Alberta Social Credit Party	3,748	Yes
AB (Nov 1982)	Little Bow	Independent	3,174	Yes
AB (May 1986)	Little Bow	Representative Party of Alberta	3,791	Yes
AB (Mar 1989)	Little Bow	Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta	3,907	Yes
CAN (Oct 1993)	Lethbridge (FED-AB)	Reform Party of Canada	24,530	Yes

Timeline

AB (Jun 1963)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Little Bow	Alberta Social Credit Party	3,368	Yes

AB (May 1967)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Little Bow	Alberta Social Credit Party	3,367	Yes

AB (Aug 1971)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Little Bow	Alberta Social Credit Party	3,400	Yes

AB (Mar 1975)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Little Bow	Alberta Social Credit Party	3,132	Yes

AB (Mar 1979)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Little Bow	Alberta Social Credit Party	3,748	Yes

AB (Nov 1982)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Little Bow	Independent	3,174	Yes

AB (May 1986)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Little Bow	Representative Party of Alberta	3,791	Yes

AB (Mar 1989)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Little Bow	Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta	3,907	Yes

CAN (Oct 1993)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Lethbridge (FED-AB)	Reform Party of Canada	24,530	Yes

Political Party	Candidacies
alberta social credit party	5
independent	1
progressive conservative association of alberta	1
reform party of canada	1
representative party of alberta	1