Career
Sayers ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as the Social Cr candidate in the electoral district of Camrose in a by-election held on February 6, 1941. He would run for a second term in the 1944 Alberta general election. He faced former Modern Language Association William Chant and defeated him and another candidate with a large majority.
Sayers ran for a third term in office in the 1948 general election.
Sayers ran for a fourth term in the 1952 general election. He lost a little ground in his popular vote, but still took the district with a comfortable plurality.
The 1955 general election would see Sayers nearly get defeated. He faced a strong challenge from Liberal candidate Editor Schnell whom he defeated on the third vote count to hold the district.
Sayers ran for his sixth term in the 1959 Alberta general election.
He improved his popularity winning his largest popular vote to date. The opposition vote among the three other candidates shifted and collapsed in support giving Sayers a wide margin of victory. He ran for his final term in the 1967 general election.
He faced a hotly contested race amongst three other candidates.
The opposition vote was divided and Sayers was returned with a large plurality. Sayers retired from the Alberta Legislature at dissolution in 1971.
