1971 Alberta general election. He managed to easily hold his seat, defeating three other candidates including star candidate Norman Kwong. As a result of the 1971 election the Social Credit government was swept out of power. Dixon was not returned as speaker of the Assembly when the legislature re-opened in 1972. Dixon remained a private member in opposition. He ran for re-election in the 1975 Alberta general election but was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Thomas Donnelly finishing a distant second place in the six way race. Dixon attempted to win his seat back in the 1979 Alberta general election. He once again finished a distant second place, this time to David Carter. Late life Dixon founded Dixon Real Estate Services Inc. while still working as an MLA in 1956. He managed the company until 1990 when his son Tom Dixon took over the business. Dixon was made a Member of the Order of Canada on June 25, 1979. In 2000, Dixon founded the William Aberhart Historical Foundation after being encouraged to do so by former Alberta Lieutenant Governor Grant MacEwan. Dixon returned to the Alberta Legislature in 2006 with Nick Dushenski and Raymond Reierson as the most senior members at the 100th Anniversary celebration of the Alberta Legislature. He died a year later on February 5, 2007. Dixon was a Christian Scientist, and a long-time member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Calgary. References Bibliography External links Alberta Legislative Assembly Membership Listing William Aberhart Historical Foundation 1919 births 2007 deaths Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Social Credit Party of Canada candidates in the 1949 Canadian federal election Members of the Order of Canada Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs Canadian Christian Scientists