Politics
With Lynn Garrison as his campaign manager, Harradence was elected to Calgary City Council in 1957 serving as an alderman for a term. He was re-elected for a second term but resigned after a short period. Harradence was leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party from 1962 to 1964. A flamboyant Calgary defence lawyer and war veteran, he defeated Ernest Watkins, the party's sole member of the legislature, at the 1962 Progressive Conservative leadership convention. He received media attention during 1963 Alberta general election by flying his own red P-51 Mustang across the province while campaigning. Harradence was defeated in Calgary West by Donald S. Fleming of the Social Credit Party of Alberta and the party was shut out of the legislature with the loss of Watkins' seat.
Harradence's vigorous campaigning created a base upon which Peter Lougheed would develop the Progressive Conservative Party to the point where it defeated the Social Credit Party. Lougheed became Premier.
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