Walter Richard Szwender | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
In office 1982–1986 | |
Preceded by | William Mack |
Succeeded by | Tom Sigurdson |
Constituency | Edmonton-Belmont |
Personal details | |
Born | Edmonton,Alberta | October 20,1950
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Occupation | Teacher |
Walter Richard Szwender is a former provincial level politician and teacher from Alberta,Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 until 1986. [1]
Szwender ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature and was elected to the electoral district of Edmonton-Belmont in the 1982 Alberta general election. He held the seat for the governing Progressive Conservative caucus. [2]
He ran for a second term in office in the 1986 Alberta general election but was defeated in a closely contested race by the New Democrat candidate,Tom Sigurdson. Szwender finished second out of six candidates. [3]
Szwender faced Sigurdson again three years later in the 1989 election in an attempt to retake Edmonton-Belmont and he was once again defeated,this time by a larger margin. [4]
He attempted another come back to the Alberta Legislature by running in the 2004 provincial election in Edmonton Decore as a last-minute replacement after it was revealed that the nominated candidate,Ray Haja,r was a convicted criminal,and had years of unpaid alimony. Swzender ran against the incumbent MLA,Gary Masyk. Both Masyk and Swender were defeated by the Liberal candidate,Bill Bonko. [5]
Szwender is a high school teacher.[ citation needed ]
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