Tom Thurber
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Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". 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]
Early life and career
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]
Political career
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]
Death
Thurber died on 7 March 2010 at Rimbey Hospital in Rimbey, Alberta; he was 75.[3]
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