Lou Sekora | |
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Councillor of Coquitlam | |
In office 2014–2005 | |
In office 1972–1988 | |
Mayor of Coquitlam | |
In office 1983–1997 | |
Succeeded by | Jon Kingsbury |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Port Moody—Coquitlam | |
In office 1998–2000 | |
Preceded by | Sharon Hayes |
Succeeded by | James Moore |
Personal details | |
Born | Hafford,Saskatchewan | November 4,1931
Nationality | Canadian |
Political party | Liberal Party of Canada |
Louis Sekora (born November 4,1931) is a Canadian politician.
Born in Hafford,Saskatchewan,Sekora served as mayor of Coquitlam,British Columbia,from 1983 to 1997. He was first elected to city council in 1972. A series of acting mayors replaced him,eventually followed by Jon Kingsbury who served from 1998 to 2005.
Sekora resigned to run in a 1998 by-election and was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada,representing the riding of Port Moody—Coquitlam. [1] In the 2000 general election,he lost his seat to Canadian Alliance candidate James Moore. [2]
Following his loss,he was appointed as a part-time Citizenship Judge by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.
In 2005,he was elected back to the Coquitlam City Council as an independent.
In 2014,he ran for Mayor of Coquitlam again, [3] but was defeated by incumbent Richard Stewart. [4]
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