Bob Maskell

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|5|27}}

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| death_date={{death date and age|2021|4|14|1940|5|27}}

| death_place=Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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| office = MLA for Edmonton-Meadowlark

| term_start = 2001

| term_end = 2004

| predecessor = Karen Leibovici

| successor = Maurice Tougas

| party = Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta

| alma_mater= University of Alberta

| occupation = educator

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Robert Maskell (May 27, 1940Edmonton--Meadowlark: [Final Edition]

Edmonton Journal; Edmonton, Alta. [Edmonton, Alta]13 Mar 2001: A5.[https://www.trinityfuneralhome.ca/obituary/bob-maskell/ Bob Maskell] obituary – April 14, 2021) was a teacher and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2001 until 2004.

Early life

Maskell earned a Bachelor of Education degree at the University of Alberta. He became a teacher and then a principal at Jasper Place Composite High School and moved on to become the principal at the prestigious Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts.{{cite web|url=http://www.affta.ab.ca/bob-maskell.shtml |title=Bob Maskell biography |publisher=Alberta Foundation for the Arts |accessdate=2008-03-21 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022065804/http://affta.ab.ca/bob-maskell.shtml |archivedate=2007-10-22 |url-status=dead }}

Political career

Maskell was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 2001 Alberta general election. He defeated incumbent Liberal MLA Karen Leibovici to pick up Edmonton-Meadowlark for the Progressive Conservatives.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=2001&Constit=Edmonton-Meadowlark|title=Edmonton-Meadowlark Official Results 2001|publisher=Alberta Heritage|accessdate=2008-03-19|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612201436/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=2001&Constit=Edmonton-Meadowlark|archivedate=2011-06-12}} He ran for a second term in office in the 2004 Alberta general election but was defeated by less than a couple hundred votes by Maurice Tougas a candidate for the Liberals.{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Statements/36.pdf |format=PDF| title=Alberta general election 2004 Statement of Official Results Edmonton Meadowlark | publisher=Elections Alberta|accessdate=2008-03-21}}

Maskell tried to regain his seat in the 2012 Alberta general election, losing out to Liberal Leader Raj Sherman by 118 votes. He died in 2021.[https://edmontonjournal.remembering.ca/obituary/robert-maskell-1082080262 Robert Maskell obituary]

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20101026192825/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]

Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs

Category:1940 births

Category:2021 deaths

Category:University of Alberta alumni

Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta