William Edward Payne

For the Alberta politician who served from 1931 to 1935, see William Ernest Payne.

The Honourable
William "Bill" Edward Payne
ECA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
March 14, 1979 – June 15, 1993
Preceded byNew District
Succeeded byHeather Forsyth
ConstituencyCalgary-Fish Creek
Minister without Portfolio
In office
November 1982 – May 1986
Personal details
Born (1933-07-04) July 4, 1933 (age 91)
Windsor, Ontario[1]
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Occupationpolitician

William Edward Payne ECA (born July 4, 1933) is a former provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1993, sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus. Premier Peter Lougheed appointed Payne to the Executive Council of Alberta. He briefly served as a minister without portfolio from 1982 to 1986.

Payne is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[2]

  1. ^ "Guide Parlementaire Canadien". 1992.
  2. ^ Roy A. Prete and Carma Prete,ed., Canadian Mormons: The History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada (Salt Lake City: BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2017), p. 265