Tom Sigurdson

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Belmont

| term_start = 1986

| term_end = 1993

| predecessor = Walter Szwender

| successor = district abolished

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|3|7}}

| birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia

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Thomas Sigurdson (born March 7, 1957) is a former Canadian provincial level politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 to 1993. He is a labour activist and organizer for the New Democratic Party in British Columbia. He is currently the executive director for the British Columbia and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council.{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-QfwAAAAMAAJ&q=%22SIGURDSON,+Tom%22+1957 | title=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide| year=1993| isbn=9780921925316}}

Political career

Sigurdson was elected (re-elected) 1986 Alberta general election as a NDP candidate in the electoral district of Edmonton-Belmont. He defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA Walter Szwender by a comfortable plurality.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1986&Constit=Edmonton-Belmont| title=Edmonton-Belmont results 1986| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 10, 2010}} Swender and Sigurdson would face each other again in the 1989 Alberta general election, Sigurdson improved his popular vote total winning a decisive majority.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1989&Constit=Edmonton-Belmont| title=Edmonton-Belmont results 1989| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 10, 2010}}

Edmonton-Belmont was abolished due to redistribution in 1993. Sigurdson ran for a third term in office in the new Edmonton-Manning electoral district for the 1993 general election. Sigurdson would end up being defeated by Liberal candidate Peter Sekulic.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1993&Constit=Edmonton-Manning| title=Edmonton-Manning results 1993| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 10, 2010}}

Organized labour

After leaving politics, Sigurdson became the British Columbia and Yukon Building and Construction Trades Council executive director.{{cite web|url=http://www.publiceyeonline.com/archives/001138.html|author=Sean Holman|publisher=Public Eye Online|title=How unionists spend their winter vacation|date=January 5, 2006|accessdate=April 10, 2010}} He worked as the Training Plan Coordinator for Teamsters Local 213 in Vancouver, British Columbia.{{cite web|url=http://www.teamsters213.org/training/pipeline.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109071256/http://www.teamsters213.org/training/pipeline.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 9, 2008 |title=Pipeline Safety |publisher=Teamsters Local 213 |accessdate=April 10, 2010 }} He returned as executive director for the BC and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council in 2011.

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