sentences:  He first campaigned in the Saskatchewan riding of Prince Albert during the 1979 federal election, where he lost to former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.But Diefenbaker's death on 16 August of that year triggered a by-election on November 19, 1979 at which Hovdebo won the Prince Albert Parliamentary seat.Hovdebo won re-election at Prince Albert in the 1980 and 1984 federal elections.