Tom Thurber | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
In office 1989–2001 | |
Preceded by | Shirley Cripps (Drayton Valley) |
Succeeded by | Tony Abbott (Drayton Valley-Calmar) |
Constituency | Drayton Valley (1989–1993) Drayton Valley-Calmar (1993–2001) |
Personal details | |
Born | Herronton,Alberta | October 26,1934
Died | March 7,2010 75) Rimbey,Alberta | (aged
Political party | Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta |
Occupation | farmer |
Thomas George Thurber was a provincial level politician from Alberta,Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1989. He was born in Herronton,Alberta. [1]
Thurber was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1989 Alberta general election. He won the electoral district of Drayton Valley holding it for the Progressive Conservatives by a wide margin. [2] Drayton Valley was abolished in 1993 and reconstituted into Drayton Valley-Calmar. He ran for re-election in the 1993 Alberta general election and won the new riding with an increased plurality. He ran for a third term in office in the 1997 Alberta general election winning the biggest margin of his career defeating three other candidates. [3] In July 1999 Thurber was one of three Alberta MLAs to participate in the Partnership of Parliaments parliamentarian exchange program with Germany. [4] He retired from public politics at dissolution of the legislature in 2001.
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