Richard Junior (RJ) Sigurdson ECA MLA is a Canadian politician who has been the Alberta Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation since June 2023. He was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Highwood in the 30th Alberta Legislature.[1]
The Honourable Richard Junior Sigurdson | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation | |
| Assumed office June 9, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Nate Horner |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Highwood | |
| Assumed office April 16, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Wayne Anderson |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | United Conservative Party |
| Residence | Okotoks, Alberta |
Policies
editIn February 2021, in an Okotoks Today article, Sigurdson said that he shared the concerns of his constituents regarding the June 2020 rescinding of the 1976 coal policy.[2] Sigurdson supports "protecting the watershed of southern Alberta and the integrity of the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies."
In response to the Level 1 more stringent COVID-19 restrictions announced by Premier Jason Kenney on April 6, 2021, Sigurdson and 16 other UCP MLAs signed an open letter to the premier, calling on him to roll back the restrictions.[3] All of the MLAs who cosigned the appeal represent ridings outside the two largest cities of Calgary and Edmonton.[3]
Electoral history
edit2023 general election
edit| 2023 Alberta general election: Highwood | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | R.J. Sigurdson | 17,990 | 68.90 | -4.36 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jessica Hallam | 7,540 | 28.88 | +11.37 | ||||
| Wildrose Independence | Mike Lorusso | 580 | 2.22 | – | ||||
| Total | 26,110 | 99.22 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 204 | 0.78 | ||||||
| Turnout | 26,314 | 67.31 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 39,093 | |||||||
| United Conservative hold | Swing | -7.86 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[4] | ||||||||
2019 general election
edit| 2019 Alberta general election: Highwood | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | R.J. Sigurdson | 18,635 | 73.26% | -0.78% | ||||
| New Democratic | Erik Overland | 4,453 | 17.51% | -1.51% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Ron Kerr | 1,988 | 7.82% | 3.51% | ||||
| Alberta Independence | Dan Irving | 362 | 1.42% | – | ||||
| Total | 25,438 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 208 | 35 | 9 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 35,422 | 72.43% | 16.62% | |||||
| United Conservative hold | Swing | 23.83% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "65 - Highwood, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 296–301. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021. | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Alberta election: Highwood results | Globalnews.ca".
- ^ "Highwood MLA says he's hearing constituent concerns on coal policy". Okotoks Today. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
- ^ a b "Seventeen UCP MLAs release statement opposing pandemic restrictions". 660 NEWS. April 7, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ^ "65 - Highwood". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
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