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Walter Szwender
Walter Richard Szwender is a former provincial level politician and teacher from Alberta, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 until 1986.[1] Political careerSzwender ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature and was elected to the electoral district of Edmonton-Belmont in the 1982 Alberta general election. He held the seat for the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.[2] He ran for a second term in office in the 1986 Alberta general election but was defeated in a closely contested race by the New Democrat candidate, Tom Sigurdson. Szwender finished second out of six candidates.[3] Szwender faced Sigurdson again three years later in the 1989 election in an attempt to retake Edmonton-Belmont and he was once again defeated, this time by a larger margin.[4] He attempted another come back to the Alberta Legislature by running in the 2004 provincial election in Edmonton Decore as a last-minute replacement after it was revealed that the nominated candidate, Ray Haja,r was a convicted criminal, and had years of unpaid alimony. Swzender ran against the incumbent MLA, Gary Masyk. Both Masyk and Swender were defeated by the Liberal candidate, Bill Bonko.[5] Szwender is a high school teacher.[citation needed] References
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