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Apr 01, 1900 Kirriemuir, Scotland, United Kingdom Died on 21 Dec 1981 (aged 81)
Canadian politician
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About William Duncan Wylie
- William Duncan McKay Wylie (1 April 1900 – 21 December 1981) was a farmer, public servant and Canadian federal politician. Wylie first ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada as a Social Credit Party candidate in the 1945 federal election.
- He defeated 3 other candidates by a comfortable margin to win the electoral district of Medicine Hat and his 1st term in office.
- Wylie would run for re-election in the 1949 federal election, he would be re-elected in a landslide winning the largest plurality of his career.
- Wylie would attempt to run for a 3rd term and be re-elected in the 1953 federal election.
- He would be nearly defeated by Liberal candidate Harry Veiner.
- Wylie served out his last term and retired in 1957.
- Wylie died in Edmonton in 1981.
