Stanley Schumacher
| Stanley Schumacher | |
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| Member of Parliament for Palliser |
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In office 1968 Federal election – 1979 Federal election |
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| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Taylor |
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June 12, 1933 Hanna, Alberta |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Virginia Schumacher |
| Residence | Drumheller, Alberta |
| Profession | Barrister, Lawyer |
Stanley Stanford Schumacher QC (born June 12, 1933) was speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and a member of the Canadian House of Commons from Alberta, Canada.
He was born in Hanna, Alberta to parents Louis and Gladys Schumacher. In 1968, he was married to Virginia Brodie with whom he had two children Sandra and David.
He attended school in Dorothy and Drumheller, Alberta before attending the University of British Columbia where he received his Law Degree. He returned to Drumheller where he practiced law.
Schumacher first ran for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in the 1968 Federal election, and was elected to represent Palliser in Alberta. He would serve in the Canadian House of Commons for a total of three terms.
As a result of redistribution for what would be the 1979 federal election, Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark and Schumacher saw their ridings abolished. Schumacher intended to seek the nomination in the new riding of Bow River which included much of his old district, but was asked by party officials to step aside in favour of Clark, and seek another riding instead. Schumacher refused and while Clark ended up running in Yellowhead, Schumacher was challenged for the Bow River nomination by Gordon Taylor and lost in a controversial meeting in which Schumacher's supporters alleged that people who were not bona fide members of the party voted. Schumacher's former assistant, John Aimers, resigned from the party in January 1978 in protest accusing the national executive engineering Schumacher's defeat.
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