Terry Kirkland
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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| name = Terry Kirkland
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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Leduc
| term_start = 1993
| term_end = 1997
| predecessor =James Henderson
| successor =Albert Klapstein
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|2|12}}
| birth_place = Alberta, Canada
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| party =Alberta Liberal Party
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Terry F. Kirkland (born February 12, 1948) is a former provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 1997.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EKZDAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Kirkland,+terry%22+1948|title=Guide Parlementaire Canadien|year=1996}}
Political career
Kirkland was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1993 Alberta general election. He defeated the incumbent MLA, Donald H. Sparrow, to win the reconstituted Leduc electoral district for the Liberals.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1993&Constit=Leduc|title=Leduc election results 1993|publisher=Alberta Heritage|accessdate=2008-04-14}} He ran for a second term in office in the 1997 Alberta general election but was defeated by the Progressive Conservative candidate, Albert Klapstein.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1997&Constit=Leduc|title=Leduc election results 1997|publisher=Alberta Heritage|accessdate=2008-04-14|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612160501/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1997&Constit=Leduc|archivedate=2011-06-12}}
Kirkland attempted to win a seat in the Edmonton-Highlands by-election held on June 12, 2000, but was defeated by NDP leader Brian Mason.{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/742.htm#june2000|title=Edmonton-Highlands by-election|date=June 12, 2000|publisher=Elections Alberta|accessdate=2008-04-20|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607094042/http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/742.htm#june2000|archivedate=June 7, 2009}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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Category:Alberta Liberal Party MLAs
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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