Tom Sigurdson | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Belmont | |
In office 1986–1993 | |
Preceded by | Walter Szwender |
Succeeded by | district abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Vancouver,British Columbia | March 7,1957
Political party | Alberta New Democratic Party |
Thomas Sigurdson (born March 7,1957) is a former Canadian provincial level politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 to 1993. He is a labour activist and organizer for the New Democratic Party in British Columbia. He is currently the executive director for the British Columbia and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council. [1]
Sigurdson was elected (re-elected) 1986 Alberta general election as a NDP candidate in the electoral district of Edmonton-Belmont. He defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA Walter Szwender by a comfortable plurality. [2] Swender and Sigurdson would face each other again in the 1989 Alberta general election,Sigurdson improved his popular vote total winning a decisive majority. [3]
Edmonton-Belmont was abolished due to redistribution in 1993. Sigurdson ran for a third term in office in the new Edmonton-Manning electoral district for the 1993 general election. Sigurdson would end up being defeated by Liberal candidate Peter Sekulic. [4]
After leaving politics,Sigurdson became the British Columbia and Yukon Building and Construction Trades Council executive director. [5] He worked as the Training Plan Coordinator for Teamsters Local 213 in Vancouver,British Columbia. [6] He returned as executive director for the BC and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council in 2011.
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