Tom Lysons

Thomas "Tom" Fredrick Lawrence Lysons (November 20, 1934 – May 7, 1997) was a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1986.

Thomas "Tom" Fredrick Lawrence Lysons
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
March 26, 1975 – May 8, 1986
Preceded byAshley Cooper
Succeeded bySteve West
ConstituencyVermilion-Viking
Personal details
Born(1934-11-20)November 20, 1934
Islay, Alberta[1]
DiedMay 7, 1997(1997-05-07) (aged 62)
Political partyProgressive Conservative

Political career

Lysons ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1975 Alberta general election. He won the electoral district of Vermilion-Viking winning a hotly contested race to pick up the district for the governing Progressive Conservative party.[2] He ran for a second term in office in the 1979 Alberta general election this time winning easily after significantly increasing his popular vote.[3] Lysons would win his highest popular vote running for his final term in office in the 1982 Alberta general election.[4] He retired from the legislature at dissolution in 1986.

Lysons died in 1997.[5]

References
  1. "Guide Parlementaire Canadien". 1946.
  2. "Vermilion-Viking results 1975". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved October 31, 2009.
  3. "Vermilion-Viking results 1979". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved October 31, 2009.
  4. "Vermilion-Viking results 1982". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved October 31, 2009.
  5. "Mr. Thomas Fredrick Lawrence Lysons, 1934 to 1997" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. May 7, 1997. p. 387. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 5, 2011.
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