About William Lafferty
Lived 1931 – 2003 (aged 71–72). William Lafferty was a Canadian politician.
William "Bill" Lafferty (1931–2003) was a politician, Canadian Forces officer and newspaper columnist from Northwest Territories, Canada. He served as a member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1975 until 1979.
Lafferty was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1975 Northwest Territories general election in the Mackenzie-Laird electoral district. Lafferty would only serve a single term in office and was defeated by Nick Sibbeston in the 1979 Northwest Territories general election.
He died in 2003 due to cancer.
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