Duco Van Binsbergen (December 17, 1936 – April 4, 2009) was a provincial level politician from

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, Canada. He served as a member of the

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from 1993 to 1997.

Political career

Van Binsbergen was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the

1993 Alberta general election The 1993 Alberta general election was held on June 15, 1993, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The Conservative government was re-elected, taking 51 seats out of 83 (61 percent of the seats) but only having support of 45 per ...

. He defeated incumbent

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Member

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to pick up the seat for the Liberals. He ran for a second term in office in the

1997 Alberta general election The 1997 Alberta general election was held on March 11, 1997, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Ralph Klein's Conservatives were re-elected, with increased number of seats in the Legislature. Liberal Official Opposition los ...

but was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate

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Late life

Van Binsbergen sang as a Baritone in the Foothills Male Chorus after he retired from politics. His family moved to the

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area in

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in 2007, and he died at the Halifax Infirmary on April 4, 2009.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
Alberta Liberal Party MLAs 1936 births 2009 deaths {{Alberta-politician-stub