Derek Fox | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Vegreville | |
In office 1986–1993 | |
Preceded by | John Batiuk |
Succeeded by | district abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | New Westminster,British Columbia | December 27,1950
Political party | Alberta New Democratic Party |
Gordon Derek Fox (born December 27,1950) is an insurance agent and former provincial level politician from Alberta,Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 to 1993. [1]
Fox ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature in the 1986 Alberta general election as a candidate for the New Democrats. He won the electoral district of Vegreville defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Ron Rudkowsky and two other candidates in a hotly contested race. [2] He ran for a second term in office in the 1989 Alberta general election winning an increased plurality defeating two other candidates. [3] Vegreville was abolished in the boundary redistribution of 1993. Fox ran for re-election in the new electoral district of Vegreville-Viking. He was defeated running in the general election held that year,losing his seat to Progressive Conservative candidate Ed Stelmach. [4]
After being defeated from provincial politics,Fox joined Manulife Financial and became the operator of the company's branch in Vegreville. He also runs the Warwick Hall. [5]
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