He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1948 until his death in 1966 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government.
William August Kovach was born on January 30, 1909, in Passburg, Alberta, which became part of the Crowsnest Pass municipality.
He left the mining business in 1947 to found a trucking company, raise live stock on his ranch and sell insurance.
[1] Kovach first ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature in the 1948 general election, as the Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Pincher Creek-Crowsnest.
[3] In the 1955 general election, Kovach defeated two other candidates, including H. Ferguson, who was nominated jointly by the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives.