Tom Thurber

Thomas George Thurber was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1989. He was born in Herronton, Alberta.

Political career
Thurber was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1989 Alberta general election. He won the electoral district of Drayton Valley holding it for the Progressive Conservatives by a wide margin. Drayton Valley was abolished in 1993 and reconstituted into Drayton Valley-Calmar. He ran for re-election in the 1993 Alberta general election and won the new riding with an increased plurality. He ran for a third term in office in the 1997 Alberta general election winning the biggest margin of his career defeating three other candidates. In July 1999 Thurber was one of three Alberta MLAs to participate in the Partnership of Parliaments parliamentarian exchange program with Germany. He retired from public politics at dissolution of the legislature in 2001.