Tom Sindlinger
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Thomas Sindlinger | |
|---|---|
| Alberta Reform Movement Leader | |
| In office 1981–1982 | |
| MLA Calgary-Buffalo | |
| Preceded by | Ron Ghitter |
| Succeeded by | Brian Lee |
| In office 1979–1982 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Alberta Reform Movement |
Other political affiliations | Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta |
| Profession | Politician, Consultant |
Thomas L. Sindlinger (born September 2, 1941) is a politician in Alberta, Canada, and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He was born in Camrose, Alberta.[1]
Sindlinger was elected as a member for the district of Calgary-Buffalo in the 1979 for the Progressive Conservatives. He disagreed with his party on matters relating to the Heritage Trust Fund and freedom of information. He was subsequently pressured to leave the P.C. legislature caucus. In 1981 he sat as an Independent Conservative, until he founded the Alberta Reform Movement.[citation needed]
He led the newly formed Alberta Reform Movement into the 1982 Alberta election. The party did not do well, as it was still at a very early stage of formation, without the resources to fight a snap election, and had to compete against a number of other right wing parties. Sindlinger ended up losing his seat in a second-place result.[citation needed]
More recently Sindlinger has been promoting Senate Reform, running as an independent senator-in-waiting candidate in both the 1989 and 2004 elections.[citation needed]
Aside from his political career, his private business is travelling around the world providing economic consulting for private companies and government projects. He was also inducted into the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame. He has a bachelor's and master's degree of Business and Economics.[citation needed]
Electoral Record
[edit]| 1979 Alberta general election: Calgary-Buffalo | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tom Sindlinger | 6,481 | 64.02% | -6.86% | ||||
| Social Credit | Jim Rocker | 1,432 | 14.15% | 5.61% | ||||
| Liberal | Lloyd Hamilton | 1,096 | 10.83% | 0.38% | ||||
| New Democratic | Brian Rees | 1,052 | 10.39% | 0.86% | ||||
| Communist | David Willis | 62 | 0.61% | 0.01% | ||||
| Total | 10,123 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 39 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 24,091 | 42.18% | -8.49% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -5.28% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
| 1982 Alberta general election: Calgary-Buffalo | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Craig Lee | 7,591 | 62.27% | -1.75% | ||||
| Alberta Reform Movement | Tom Sindlinger | 2,649 | 21.73% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Barry Pashak | 1,211 | 9.93% | -0.46% | ||||
| Western Canada Concept | Anita Bozak | 739 | 6.06% | – | ||||
| Total | 12,190 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 52 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 24,764 | 49.43% | 7.25% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -4.67% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
| 2004 Alberta Senate nominee election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes # | Votes % | Ballots % | Elected | Appointed | |
| Bert Brown | Progressive Conservative | 312,041 | 14.3% | 43.7% |  |
July 10, 2007 | |
| Betty Unger | Progressive Conservative | 311,964 | 14.3% | 43.6% | |
January 6, 2012 | |
| Cliff Breitkreuz | Progressive Conservative | 241,306 | 11.1% | 33.8% | |
Term ended March 26, 2012 | |
| Link Byfield | Independent | 238,751 | 11.0% | 33.4% | |
Resigned November 2010[2] | |
| Jim Silye | Progressive Conservative | 217,857 | 10.0% | 30.5% | |||
| David Usherwood | Progressive Conservative | 193,056 | 8.9% | 27.0% | |||
| Michael Roth | Alberta Alliance | 176,339 | 8.1% | 24.7% | |||
| Vance Gough | Alberta Alliance | 167,770 | 7.7% | 23.5% | |||
| Tom Sindlinger | Independent | 161,082 | 7.4% | 22.5% | |||
| Gary Horan | Alberta Alliance | 156,175 | 7.2% | 21.9% | |||
Source: Elections Alberta
Note:
- For results by district please see districts listed in the 2004 Alberta general election.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Guide Parlementaire Canadien". 1979.
- ↑ "Senator-in-waiting Byfield resigns". CBC News. November 22, 2010. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
- Notes
- Official reports
- Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2005). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Provincial Senate Nominee Election, Monday, November 22, 2004. Edmonton: Elections Alberta.
- Works cited
- Barrie, Doreen (2006). The other Alberta : decoding a political enigma. Regina: University of Regina, Canadian Plains Research Center. ISBN 978-0-88977-192-5.
- McCormick, Peter (1995). "Alberta". In Leyton-Brown, David (ed.). Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1989. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 217–230. ISBN 978-0-8020-0714-8.