Career
Musgreave ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1967 Alberta general election. He was defeated by Social Cr incumbent Lee Leavitt. Musgreave was successful as he defeated future Modern Language Association Ray Martin and two other candidates with a landslide victory.
Musgreave was returned for a second term in the 1979 Alberta general election.
His largest victory came in the 1982 Alberta general election when he was returned for a third term. The 1986 general election would see Musgreave"s popularity plummet and his popular vote drop by almost two thirds.
Musgreave would retire from provincial politics at the dissolution of the assembly in 1989. He died of a stroke in 2000.