Tyrone Orville Lund (March 31, 1938 – February 28, 2021) was a Canadian politician who served as 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.

Ty Lund
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Rocky Mountain House
In office
March 20, 1989 – April 23, 2012
Preceded byJohn Murray Campbell
Personal details
Born
Tyrone Orville Lund

(1938-03-31)March 31, 1938
Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada
DiedFebruary 28, 2021(2021-02-28) (aged 82)
Rimbey, Alberta, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative

Early life

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Lund was born on March 31, 1938, in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta.[1] He was a third-generation farmer.[1]

Political career

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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.

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 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.

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 was the chair of the Regulatory Secretariat and deputy chair of the Legislative Offices Committee and Select Special Information and Privacy Commissioner Search Committee. He was also a member of the Alaska/Alberta Bilateral Council, the Council of State Governments–West: Trade and Transportation, and the Standing Committee on Energy.

Personal life

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Lund was active in his community. He was the coordinator of the Civil Air Rescue Emergency Services (Canadian Air Rescue) and treasurer of the Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church's parish. Lund was also 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] He died on February 28, 2021, at the age of 82 in Rimbey, Alberta.[3][4]

Election results

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1989 Alberta general election: Rocky Mountain House
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ty Lund 4,392 59.81% 6.50%
New Democratic Dolly (Martin) Brown 1,727 23.52% 5.96%
Liberal Bob Paston 1,224 16.67% 8.04%
Total 7,343
Rejected, spoiled and declined 27
Eligible electors / turnout 13,733 53.67% 0.77%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 0.27%
Source(s)
Source: "Rocky Mountain House Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
1993 Alberta general election: Rocky Mountain House
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ty Lund 5,192 55.79% -4.03%
Social Credit Lavern J. Ahlstrom 2,330 25.03%
Liberal Roxanne V. Prior 1,181 12.69% -3.98%
New Democratic Drew Ludington 604 6.49% -17.03%
Total 9,307
Rejected, spoiled and declined 16
Eligible electors / turnout 15,062 61.90% 8.23%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -2.77%
Source(s)
Source: "Rocky Mountain House Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
1997 Alberta general election: Rocky Mountain House
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ty Lund 5,610 54.81% -0.97%
Social Credit Lavern J. Ahlstrom 3,264 31.89% 6.86%
Liberal Roxanne Prior 880 8.60% -4.09%
New Democratic Christine McMeckan 481 4.70% -1.79%
Total 10,235
Rejected, spoiled and declined 22
Eligible electors / turnout 18,464 55.55% -6.35%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -3.91%
Source(s)
Source: "Rocky Mountain House Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
2001 Alberta general election: Rocky Mountain House
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ty Lund 7,820 70.43% 15.61%
Social Credit Lavern J. Ahlstrom 1,705 15.35% -16.54%
Liberal Wijnand Horemans 1,171 10.55% 1.95%
New Democratic Doug Mac Angus 408 3.67% -1.03%
Total 11,104
Rejected, spoiled and declined 25
Eligible electors / turnout 20,051 55.50% -0.05%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 16.07%
Source(s)
Source: "Rocky Mountain House Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
2004 Alberta general election: Rocky Mountain House
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ty Lund 5,773 56.33% -14.10%
Liberal Susan M. Scott 1,266 12.35% 1.81%
Social Credit Lavern J. Ahlstrom 1,265 12.34% -3.01%
Alberta Alliance Ed Wilhite 807 7.87%
Separation Bruce Hutton 503 4.91%
Greens Jennifer Isaac 335 3.27%
New Democratic Anthony Jones 300 2.93% -0.75%
Total 10,249
Rejected, spoiled and declined 40
Eligible electors / turnout 21,587 47.66% -7.84%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.55%
2008 Alberta general election: Rocky Mountain House
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ty Lund 6,188 62.30% 5.97%
Wildrose Alliance Fanie Van Heerden 1,156 11.64% 3.77%
Liberal Norm McDougall 849 8.55% -3.81%
Green Jennifer Ripley 699 7.04% 3.77%
Social Credit Wilf Tricker 643 6.47% -5.87%
New Democratic Jorge Sousa 279 2.81% -0.12%
Separation Bruce Hutton 119 1.20% -3.71%
Total 9,933
Rejected, spoiled and declined 40
Eligible electors / turnout 22,934 43.49% -4.18%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 3.34%
Source(s)
The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 518–523.
"Elections Alberta 2008 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
2012 Alberta general election: Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Wildrose Alliance Joe Anglin 7,664 51.42%
Progressive Conservative Ty Lund 6,044 40.55%
New Democratic Doreen Broska 776 5.21%
Liberal Mason Sisson 420 2.82%
Total 14,904
Rejected, spoiled and declined 57 33 8
Eligible electors / turnout 27,863 53.72%
Wildrose Alliance pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "77 - Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 456–458. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

References

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  1. ^ a b Climenhaga, David (March 1, 2021). "Ty Lund, 23-year PC MLA and holder of four cabinet portfolios, dead at 82". Alberta Politics. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "Lund's Legislative Assembly of Alberta biography".
  3. ^ Kaufmann, Bill (March 1, 2021). "'A proud rural Albertan': Former MLA, cabinet minister Ty Lund dies at age 82". Calgary Herald. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  4. ^ "LUND". 28 February 2021.
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