Thomas "Tom" Fredrick Lawrence Lysons (November 20, 1934 – May 7, 1997) was a former provincial level politician from

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. He served as a member of the

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from 1975 to 1986.

Political career

Lysons ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the

1975 Alberta general election The 1975 Alberta general election was held on March 26, 1975, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to the 18th Alberta Legislature. The election was called on February 14, 1975 prorogued and dissolved of the 17th Alberta Legi ...

. He won the electoral district of Vermilion-Viking winning a hotly contested race to pick up the district for the governing Progressive Conservative party. He ran for a second term in office in the

1979 Alberta general election The 1979 Alberta general election was held on March 14, 1979, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, which had been expanded to 79 seats. The Progressive Conservative Party of Peter Lougheed won its third consecutive term in go ...

this time winning easily after significantly increasing his popular vote. Lysons would win his highest popular vote running for his final term in office in the

1982 Alberta general election The 1982 Alberta general election was held on November 2, 1982, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Less than four years had passed since the Progressive Conservatives won their landslide victory in 1979. Premier Peter Lou ...

. He retired from the legislature at dissolution in 1986. Lysons died in 1997.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lysons, Tom Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs 1934 births 1997 deaths