Tom Thurber

Tom Thurber is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1989 until 2001.

Political career

Thurber was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1989 Alberta general election. He won the electoral district of Drayton Valley holding it for the Progressive Conservatives by a wide margin.cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1989&Constit=Drayton_Valley|title=Drayton Valley Official Results 1989|publisher=Alberta Heritage|accessdate=2008-03-26] Drayton Valley was abolished in 1993 and reconstituted into Drayton Valley-Calmar. He ran for re-election in the 1993 Alberta general election and won the new riding with an increased plurality. He ran for a third term in office in the 1997 Alberta general election winning the biggest margin of his career defeating three other candidates.cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1989&Constit=Drayton_Valley|title=Drayton Valley-Calmar Official Results 1997|publisher=Alberta Heritage|accessdate=2008-03-26] In July of 1999 Thurber was one of three Alberta MLAs to participate in the Partnership of Parliaments parliamentarian exchange program with Germany.cite web|url=http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/annual_reports/parl_report99/part2.htm | title=C P A - Alberta Branch 1999 Annual Report | publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta|accessdate=2008-03-27] He retired from public politics at dissolution of the legislature in 2001.

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External links

* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]