- Rod Sykes
James Rodney "Rod" Winter Sykes is a former Canadian
politician who served asMayor ofCalgary from 1969 to 1977 and Leader of theAlberta Social Credit Party from 1980 to 1982.In 1984, he was nominated by Alan Clarke, Calgary East Federal Liberal Riding Association Vice President, to run for the Liberal Party for a seat in the House of Commons, in the former riding of
Calgary East . At the time this was the largest riding in Canada.Sykes was acclaimed at a nomination meeting with over six-hundred members in attendance. Despite being the only Liberal candidate endorsed by the "
Calgary Sun " that year, he lost to Progressive ConservativeAlex Kindy in the general election.On July 4, 1970, he argued that the children of Calgary should be allowed to attend the
Festival Express concert for free.Sykes was born in 1929 in
Montreal ,Quebec , and was primarily raised inVictoria, British Columbia . He attendedSir George Williams University in Montreal.He and his wife Gisèle have five children and fourteen grandchildren. He also has a sister, Anne, who lives in Victoria.
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