Bruce John Collingwood (May 16, 1953 – August 28, 2017) was a provincial-level politician from

Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...

, Canada. He served as a member of the

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from 1993 to 1997.

Political career

Collingwood was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the

1993 Alberta general election The 1993 Alberta general election was held on June 15, 1993, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The Conservative government was re-elected, taking 51 seats out of 83 (61 percent of the seats) but only having support of 45 pe ...

. He won the electoral district of

Sherwood Park Sherwood Park is a large hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Strathcona County that is recognized as an urban service area. It is adjacent to the City of Edmonton's eastern boundary. While long confined to generally south of Highway 16 ( Ye ...

picking it up for the Liberals. He ran for a second term in office in the

1997 Alberta general election The 1997 Alberta general election was held on March 11, 1997, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The Progressive Conservative government led by Premier Ralph Klein won its eighth consecutive mandate going back to 1971, inc ...

but was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate

Iris Evans Iris Sylvia Evans (born December 31, 1941) is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations for the Canadian province. From November 25, 2004 to December 15, 2006 she serve ...

. After his political career, Collingwood practised law in Victoria, British Columbia until his death at the age of 64 in 2017.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
1953 births 2017 deaths Alberta Liberal Party MLAs Politicians from Edmonton 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta {{Alberta-MLA-stub