Ty Lund
| Ty Lund | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Rocky Mountain House | |
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In office 1989–2012 | |
| Preceded by | John Murray Campbell |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 31, 1938 Rocky Mountain House, Alberta |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Religion | Lutheran |
Tyrone Orville Lund[1] (born March 31, 1938) is a Canadian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the constituency of Rocky Mountain House (now Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre) as a Progressive Conservative until his defeat in 2012.
Early life
Lund was born on March 31, 1938 in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta. He was educated in Alhambra, Rocky Mountain House and Red Deer. Lund is a third-generation farmer on the family farm.
Political career
Lund was elected to his sixth term representing the constituency of Rocky Mountain House in the 2008 provincial election, where he received 62 per cent of the votes. He currently is the chair of the Regulatory Secretariat and deputy chair of the Legislative Offices Committee and Select Special Information and Privacy Commissioner Search Committee. He is also a member of the Alaska/Alberta Bilateral Council, the Council of State Governments–West: Trade and Transportation, and the Standing Committee on Energy.
Lund was first elected as a Member of the Legislature in 1989, with 60 per cent of the vote in the constituency. During his past five terms, Lund has held many positions, including five ministerial portfolios. He was first appointed as Minister of Environmental Protection in 1994, and re-appointed in 1997. In 1999, Lund became Minister of Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. He was then appointed Minister of Infrastructure in 2001. In 2004, he became Minister of Government Services. Lund held that position until April 2006, when he was appointed Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation, which he held until December 2006.
Prior to entering provincial politics, Lund was involved in municipal government. He served as a municipal councillor of the Municipal District of Clearwater for nine years, beginning in 1980. For the last four of those years, Lund was reeve. He was also a member of the provincial executive of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties from 1987 to 1989.
Personal life
Lund is active in his community. He has been the co-ordinator of the Civil Air Rescue Emergency Services (Canadian Air Rescue) and treasurer of the Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church's parish. Lund has also been a member of the Rocky Mountain House Agricultural Society, as well as of local chapters of the 4-H Club, the Kinsmen Club and the Rotary Club.[2]
Election results
| 1989 Alberta general election results ( Rocky Mountain House ) | Turnout 53.7% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Ty Lund | 4,392 | 59.8% | |
| Liberal | Bob Paston | 1,224 | 16.7% | |
| NDP | Dolly Brown | 1,727 | 23.5% | |
| 1993 Alberta general election results ( Rocky Mountain House ) | Turnout 61.9% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Ty Lund | 5,192 | 55.8% | |
| Liberal | Roxanne Prior | 1,181 | 12.7% | |
| NDP | Drew Ludington | 604 | 6.5% | |
| Social Credit | Lavern Ahstrom | 2,330 | 25.0% | |
| 1997 Alberta general election results ( Rocky Mountain House ) | Turnout 55.4% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Ty Lund | 5,610 | 54.8% | |
| Liberal | Roxanne Prior | 880 | 8.6% | |
| NDP | Christine McMeckan | 481 | 4.7% | |
| Social Credit | Lavern Ahlstrom | 3,264 | 31.9% | |
| 2001 Alberta general election results ( Rocky Mountain House ) | Turnout 55.5% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Ty Lund | 7,820 | 70% | |
| Liberal | Wijnand Horemans | 1,171 | 11% | |
| NDP | Doug MacAngus | 408 | 4% | |
| Social Credit | Lavern J. Ahlstrom | 1,705 | 15% | |
| Alberta general election, 2004: Rocky Mountain House | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ty Lund | 5,773 | 56.33% | −14.10% | ||||
| Liberal | Susan Scott | 1,266 | 12.35% | 1.80% | ||||
| Social Credit | Lavern Ahlstrom | 1,265 | 12.34% | −3.01% | ||||
| Alberta Alliance | Ed Wilhite | 807 | 7.87% | |||||
| Separation | Bruce Hutton | 503 | 4.91% | |||||
| Green | Jennifer Isaac | 335 | 3.27% | |||||
| New Democratic | Anthony Jones | 300 | 2.93% | −0.74% | ||||
| Total | 10,249 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 60 | |||||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 20,051 | 47.76% | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −7.95% | ||||||
| Source: "Rocky Mountain House Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 11, 2010. | ||||||||
| Alberta general election, 2008: Rocky Mountain House | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ty Lund | 6,188 | 62.30% | 5.97% | ||||
| Alberta Alliance | Fanie van Heerden | 1,156 | 11.64% | 3.77% | ||||
| Liberal | Norm McDougall | 849 | 8.55% | −3.80% | ||||
| Green | Jennifer Ripley | 699 | 7.04% | 3.77% | ||||
| Social Credit | Wilf Tricker | 643 | 6.47% | −5.87% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jorge Souza | 279 | 2.81% | −0.81% | ||||
| Separation | Bruce Hutton | 119 | 1.20% | −3.71% | ||||
| Total | 9,933 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 47 | |||||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 24,569 | 40.62% | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 4.87% | ||||||
| Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 518–523. | ||||||||
| Alberta general election, 2012: Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Wildrose | Joe Anglin | 7,647 | 51.26% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ty Lund | 6,145 | 41.19% | |||||
| New Democratic | Doreen Broska | 703 | 4.71% | |||||
| Liberal | Mason Sisson | 422 | 2.83% | |||||