Tom Sigurdson Explained

Tom Sigurdson
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Belmont
Term Start:1986
Term End:1993
Predecessor:Walter Szwender
Successor:district abolished
Birth Date:7 March 1957
Birth Place:Vancouver, British Columbia
Party:Alberta New Democratic Party

Thomas Sigurdson (born March 7, 1957) is a former Canadian provincial level politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 to 1993. He is a labour activist and organizer for the New Democratic Party in British Columbia. He is currently the executive director for the British Columbia and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council.[1]

Political career

Sigurdson was elected (re-elected) 1986 Alberta general election as a NDP candidate in the electoral district of Edmonton-Belmont. He defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA Walter Szwender by a comfortable plurality.[2] Swender and Sigurdson would face each other again in the 1989 Alberta general election, Sigurdson improved his popular vote total winning a decisive majority.[3]

Edmonton-Belmont was abolished due to redistribution in 1993. Sigurdson ran for a third term in office in the new Edmonton-Manning electoral district for the 1993 general election. Sigurdson would end up being defeated by Liberal candidate Peter Sekulic.[4]

Organized labour

After leaving politics, Sigurdson became the British Columbia and Yukon Building and Construction Trades Council executive director.[5] He worked as the Training Plan Coordinator for Teamsters Local 213 in Vancouver, British Columbia.[6] He returned as executive director for the BC and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council in 2011.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. 1993. 9780921925316.
  2. Web site: Edmonton-Belmont results 1986. Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . April 10, 2010.
  3. Web site: Edmonton-Belmont results 1989. Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . April 10, 2010.
  4. Web site: Edmonton-Manning results 1993. Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . April 10, 2010.
  5. Web site: How unionists spend their winter vacation. Sean Holman. Public Eye Online. January 5, 2006. April 10, 2010.
  6. Web site: Pipeline Safety . https://web.archive.org/web/20080109071256/http://www.teamsters213.org/training/pipeline.html . dead . January 9, 2008 . Teamsters Local 213 . April 10, 2010 .