Thomas Wilfred "Tony" Vandermeer (born October 8, 1962) is a politician from

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, who was a member of the

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from 2001 to 2004 and from 2008 to 2012. Vandermeer first ran for the Progressive Conservatives in the

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when he lost to

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Ed Gibbons Edward A. Gibbons (born March 1, 1949) is a Canadian politician. He is a former municipal councilor of Edmonton and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Gibbons won election to the Legislature from Edmonton Manning in the 1997 Alberta ...

. He ran against Gibbons again in the

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, this time defeating him by a thin margin. Vandermeer was defeated after serving only one term in the

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in a very tight race against

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. He returned to the legislature in the 2008 Alberta election, this time representing the riding of

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, by defeating incumbent

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Ray Martin.Alberta Votes 2008: Edmonton Beverly-Clareview
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resulted in another close loss, this time to NDP candidate

Deron Bilous __NOTOC__ Deron Michael Bilous (born October 7, 1975) is a Canadian politician, who has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the riding of Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview, since the 2012 provincial election. He i ...

by under 300 votes.

Electoral history

2008 Alberta general election

2012 Alberta general election

References

1962 births Living people Politicians from Edmonton Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs 21st-century Canadian politicians {{Alberta-politician-stub