Norman Alfred Willmore (February 13, 1909 – February 2, 1965) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1944 until his death in 1965 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Ernest Manning from 1953 until his death.
Willmore first ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1944 general election. He stood as the Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Edson and won a solid majority over two other candidates to pick up the seat for Social Credit.[2]
On November 10, 1953, Premier Ernest Manning appointed Willmore the Minister of Industries and Labour. In the 1955 Alberta general election Willmore faced Switzer again and defeated him a second time.[5] Shortly thereafter, Premier Manning moved Willmore to the Lands and Forests portfolio. In the 1959 general election Willmore defeated two other candidates with a landslide majority.[6]
Willmore died in a traffic accident on February 2, 1965, on Alberta Highway 16 near Evansburg, Alberta. He was driving westbound to attend a meeting at Robb, Alberta when a semi tractor-trailer driving eastbound lost its rear wheels, causing a head-on collision.[8][9]Willmore Wilderness Park was named in his honour on April 12, 1965.[10]
