Duco Van Binsbergen Explained

Duco Van Binsbergen
Birth Date:December 17, 1936
Death Place:Halifax, Nova Scotia
Office:MLA for West Yellowhead
Term Start:1993
Term End:1997
Predecessor:Jerry Doyle
Successor:Ivan Strang
Party:Liberal

Duco Van Binsbergen (December 17, 1936 – April 4, 2009) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 1997.

Political career

Van Binsbergen was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1993 Alberta general election. He defeated incumbent New Democrat Member Jerry Doyle to pick up the seat for the Liberals.[1] He ran for a second term in office in the 1997 Alberta general election but was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Ivan Strang.[2]

Late life

Van Binsbergen sang as a Baritone in the Foothills Male Chorus after he retired from politics.[3] His family moved to the Annapolis Royal area in Nova Scotia in 2007, and he died at the Halifax Infirmary on April 4, 2009.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: West Yellowhead results 1993. Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . October 4, 2009.
  2. Web site: West Yellowhead results 1997. Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . October 4, 2009.
  3. Web site: About Us. Foothills Male Chorus. October 7, 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110711015501/http://www.foothillschorus.com/aboutus.htm. July 11, 2011.
  4. Web site: Former MLA, educator dies in Halifax . Hinton Parklander . October 7, 2009.