Political Career
Appleby would return to politics by running as a Progressive Conservative candidate 27 years later in the 1971 Alberta general election. He ran in the Athabasca electoral district defeating two other candidate and taking 46% of the popular vote. He ran for a second term in office in the 1975 Alberta general election taking the district with almost 60% of the popular vote, this would be his biggest percentage of victory during his career. He ran for a third term in office in the 1979 Alberta general election. His popular vote would increased for a third straight time, but his percentage of popular vote would slightly decline as he still won the district easily. Appleby would run for a fourth and final term in the 1982 Alberta general election. He would win the highest popular vote of his political career, but fell short of the percentage of vote he won in 1979.
The Frank Appleby Professional Award is named in his honour and given out by the College of Alberta Professional Foresters who have made exemplary and significant contributions to the College.
He received an honorary degree from Athabasca University in 2005.
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