Career
He was also former provincial politician and perennial candidate from Alberta, Canada. Wright was a long time NDP supporter. He first joined the Cooperative Commonwealth in the 1950s.
He ran for provincial office for the NDP for the first time in the 1967 Alberta general election in the electoral district of Edmonton North.
Wright had a strong showing but was defeated finishing third out of fourth by incumbent Social Cr Modern Language Association Ethel Wilson. A year after his defeat he ran against Grant Notley in the 1968 NDP leadership election.
He lost to Notely by a margin of 27 votes. In the 1971 Alberta general election.
Wright ran for his second time finishing third place in a field of three candidates in the Edmonton-Belmont electoral district.
In the 1975 Alberta general election, Wright ran in Edmonton-Strathcona for the first time. He finished a strong second behind incumbent Julian Koziak. He would run against Koziak for the second time in the 1979 Alberta general election this time doubling his popular vote but was unable to defeat him.
He would run against Koziak for a third time in the 1982 Alberta general election, Wright would gain another 2000 votes and come within 500 of defeating him in his closest election yet.
After running five times unsuccessfully and three times in Edmonton-Strathcona, Wright was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1986 Alberta general election. There were a total of six candidates running in the Edmonton-Strathcona electoral district but the other four candidates were not factors and trailed well behind in support.
He died from Pancreatic Cancer on October 18, 1990.
