- Judy Gordon
Judith "Judy" Dawn Gordon is a current provincial and municipal level politician from
Alberta ,Canada . She is the current mayor of Lacombe,Alberta . She previously served as a Member of theLegislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 until 2004.Provincial political career
Gordon ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature after serving as Mayor of Lacombe from 1989 to 1993. She won the new electoral district of
Lacombe-Stettler in the 1993 Alberta general election winning easily defeating five other candidates to earn her first term in provincial office. She was elected to her second term in the 1997 Alberta general election. Her popular vote slightly decreased but she won her seat with a much bigger margin.cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=19&Constit=Lacombe-Stettler|title=Lacobme-Stettler official results 1993-1997|publisher=Alberta Heritage|accessdate=2008-03-22] Gordon was re-elected to a landslide winning her third term in office in the 2001 Alberta general election.cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=2001&Constit=Lacombe-Stettler|title=Lacobme-Stettler official results 2001|publisher=Alberta Heritage|accessdate=2008-03-22] She retired from her seat at dissolution in 2004 citing a hectic work schedule, the commute toEdmonton and redistribution of her electoral district.Mayor of Lacombe
Gordon had served her first term as Mayor of Lacombe from 1989 to 1993 she left to run as a Member of the Alberta Legislature in 1993.cite web|url=http://cgi.bowesonline.com/pedro.php?id=23&x=story&xid=339268|author=Bryan Alary|title=MLA runs for mayor|date=
September 7 ,2004 | publisher=Lacombe Globe|accessdate=2008-03-22] She was elected to her second stint as the Mayor of Lacome in the 2004 Lacombe municipal election. She defeated incumbent Mayor Bill McQuesten in a hotly contested three way race winning by a plurality of 41 votes.cite web|url=http://cgi.bowesonline.com/pedro.php?id=23&x=story&xid=339268|author=Lyle Aspinall, Bryan Alary and Nikoll Long|title=ELECTION '04: Gordon returns to mayor’s seat|date=October 19 ,2004 | publisher=Lacombe Globe|accessdate=2008-03-22]Gordon was elected to her third term by acclimation in the 2007 Lacombe municipal election.cite web|url=http://cgi.bowesonline.com/pedro.php?id=23&x=story&xid=339268|title=Mayor Gordon Back In|date=
September 18 ,2007 |author=Lisa Joy | publisher=Lacombe Globe|accessdate=2008-03-22]References
External links
* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
* [http://www.town.lacombe.ab.ca/11/councilprofiles/mayor.htm Mayor of Lacombe website]
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