- Richard Magnus
Richard Magnus (born
July 31 ,1950 Goose Bay,Newfoundland and Labrador ) is a Canadian politician currently living inAlberta ,Canada .Magnus served as a municipal alderman for Calgary city council representing Ward 4 from 1989 until his resignation in 1993. He was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1993 Alberta general election to represent the Progressive Conservatives forCalgary North Hill . He served four terms in the legislature before declining to seek re-election in the 2008 election.In 2001 he ran as a mayoral candidate in the 2001 Calgary municipal elections. He ended up finishing third in a hotly contested race, behind
Dave Bronconnier and Bev Longstaff.In late 2007, Magnus announced he would not seek reelection an an MLA in the next provincial election.
External links
* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_bio&rnumber=19 Richard Magnus biography, Alberta Legislative Assembly]
* [http://www.ffwdweekly.com/Issues/2002/0411/city.htm Elections, schmelections, FFWD Weekly April 11, 2002]
* [http://www.calgary.ca/DocGallery/BU/cityclerks/caldermen.pdf City of Calgary Aldermanic biography Page 197]
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