Tom Thurber | |
|---|---|
| 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 | October 26,1934 Herronton,Alberta |
| Died | March 7,2010 (aged 75) Rimbey,Alberta |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta |
| Occupation | farmer |
Thomas George Thurber (born 1934-2000) was a Canadian provincial politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (MLA) from 1989 to 2000. [1] He served as Alberta's Minister of Public Affairs,Supply and Services from 1993 to 1994 and as Minister of Municipal Affairs from 1994-1997. [1]
Thurber was born in Herronton,Alberta [2] on 26 October 1934. [3] He served in the Korean War [3] and later became a rancher in Winfield,Alberta,near Edmonton. [4] [5]
He served as reeve for Wetaskiwin County, [6] member of a school board, [6] member of a hospital board, [6] and chair of the Alberta Cattle Commission [7] [5] [8] before he ran for election to the Alberta Legislative Assembly in 1989. [6]
Thurber was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1989 Alberta general election. [6] He won the electoral district of Drayton Valley holding it for the Progressive Conservative Party by a wide margin. [9]
The electorate of Drayton Valley was abolished in 1993 and reconstituted into Drayton Valley-Calmar. Thurber 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. [10]
Thurber served as Alberta's Minister of Public Affairs,Supply and Services from 1993 to 1994 and as Minister of Municipal Affairs from 1994-1997. [1] In July 1999,he was one of three Alberta MLAs to participate in the Partnership of Parliaments parliamentarian exchange program with Germany. [11]
Thurber retired from public politics at dissolution of the legislature in 2001,saying "I did not want to make this a full-life career". [1]
Thurber died on 7 March 2010 at Rimbey Hospital in Rimbey,Alberta;he was 75. [3]
Tom Thurber, a cow-calf operator in Winfield, southwest of Edmonton, has been elected to a second one-year term as chairman of the Alberta Cattle Commission (ACC).
