Richard Magnus (born July 31, 1950) is a Canadian politician currently living in

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. Magnus served as a municipal alderman for

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representing Ward 4 from 1989 until his resignation in 1993. He was elected to the

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in the

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to represent the Progressive Conservatives for Calgary North Hill. He served four terms in the legislature before declining to seek re-election in the 2008 election. In 2001 he ran as a mayoral candidate in the 2001 Calgary municipal elections. He ended up finishing third in a hotly contested race, behind

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and Bev Longstaff. In late 2007, Magnus announced he would not seek reelection as an MLA in the next provincial election.

External links

Richard Magnus biography, Alberta Legislative AssemblyCity of Calgary Aldermanic biography Page 197
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs Living people 1950 births Calgary city councillors People from Happy Valley-Goose Bay 21st-century Canadian politicians {{Alberta-politician-stub