RJ Sigurdson
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = The Honourable
| name = Richard Junior Sigurdson
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA|MLAAB|size=100%}}
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| caption = RJ Sigurdson in 2022
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| residence = Okotoks, Alberta
| office = Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
| term_start = June 9, 2023
| term_end =
| predecessor = Nate Horner
| successor =
| office1 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Highwood
| term_start1 = April 16, 2019
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Wayne Anderson
| successor1 =
| party = United Conservative Party
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Richard Junior (RJ) Sigurdson {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA|MLAAB}} is a Canadian politician who has been the Alberta Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation since June 2023. He was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Highwood in the 30th Alberta Legislature.{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4882121/alberta-election-highwood-results/|title=Alberta election: Highwood results | Globalnews.ca}}
Policies
In February 2021, in an Okotoks Today article, Sigurdson said that he shared the concerns of his constituents regarding the June 2020 rescinding of the 1976 coal policy.{{Cite news| title = Highwood MLA says he's hearing constituent concerns on coal policy| work = Okotoks Today| access-date = May 5, 2021| url = https://www.okotokstoday.ca/local-news/highwood-mla-says-hes-hearing-constituent-concerns-on-coal-policy-3313140}} Sigurdson supports "protecting the watershed of southern Alberta and the integrity of the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies."
In response to the Level 1 more stringent COVID-19 restrictions announced by Premier Jason Kenney on April 6, 2021, Sigurdson and 16 other UCP MLAs signed an open letter to the premier, calling on him to roll back the restrictions.{{Cite news| title = Seventeen UCP MLAs release statement opposing pandemic restrictions |work=660 NEWS| access-date = May 4, 2021|date=April 7, 2021| url = https://www.660citynews.com/2021/04/07/fifteen-ucp-mlas-release-statement-opposing-pandemic-restrictions/}} All of the MLAs who cosigned the appeal represent ridings outside the two largest cities of Calgary and Edmonton.
Electoral history
=2023 general election=
{{Alberta provincial election, 2023/Highwood}}
=2019 general election=
{{Alberta provincial election, 2019/Highwood}}
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