Peter Sekulic
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Peter Sekulic
| image =
| imagesize = 150px
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1962}}
| birth_place = Lovinac, Croatia
| residence =
| office2 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
| constituency2 =Edmonton Manning
| term_start2 =1993
| term_end2 = 1997
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =Ed Gibbons
| religion =
| alma_mater = University of Alberta
| spouse =
| children =
| occupation = social worker
| party=Alberta Liberal Party
}}
Peter Sekulic (born 1962) is a former Canadian politician in the province of Alberta.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KChcAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Sekulic%2C+peter%22+1962&pg=PA81|title = Mapping Alberta's Political Leadership: A Comprehensive Account of Edmonton's MLAs from 1905-2003|isbn = 9781897472309|last1 = Mardon|first1 = Austin|year = 2011}}
Sekulic was born in Croatia in 1962 and immigrated with his parents and a sibling to Canada in 1967.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Te2nAgAAQBAJ&dq=peter+sekulic+born+edmonton&pg=PA603|title = I Was There: A Century of Alumni Stories about the University of Alberta, 1906–2006|isbn = 9780888648556|last1 = Schoeck|first1 = Ellen|date = October 2006}} He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1993 Alberta general election. Peter defeated former Edmonton Belmont incumbent New Democrat Tom Sigurdson to pick up the new district of Edmonton Manning for the Alberta Liberal Party.{{cite news |last1=Henderson |first1=Ross |last2=Ohler |first2=Shawn |last3=Memon |first3=Farhan |date=June 16, 1993 |title=Highlands-Beverly goes Liberal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-highlands-beverly-goes/143585734/ |work=Edmonton Journal |location=Edmonton, Alberta |page=A6 |access-date=March 17, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}
Sekulic served a single term in the legislature. He was the Deputy Native Affairs Critic for the Liberal opposition.
Sekulic currently works for Strategic Relations Inc. with former MLA Jon Havelock.
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External links
- [http://www.aboutsri.com/ Strategic Relations Inc.]
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Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Category:Alberta Liberal Party MLAs
Category:Canadian people of Croatian descent
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