Thomas N. Musgrove (July 19, 1927 – June 28, 1997) was a provincial level politician from

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. He served as a member of the

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from 1982 to 1993 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.

Political career

Musgrove ran for public office in the

1982 Alberta general election The 1982 Alberta general election was held on November 2, 1982, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. History Less than four years had passed since the Progressive Conservatives won their landslide victory in 1979. Premie ...

. He won the electoral district of

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picking it up for the Progressive Conservatives and his first term in office. He ran for a second term in the

1986 Alberta general election The 1986 Alberta general election was held on May 8, 1986, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Peter Lougheed, who had created the modern Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, Alberta Progressive Conservatives, ...

defeating future Lieutenant Governor and former Member of Parliament

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. He ran for his third and final term in office in the

1989 Alberta general election The 1989 Alberta general election was held on March 20, 1989, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Many political observers were surprised by the early election call as less than three years had passed since the previous el ...

defeating two other candidates and winning the lowest plurality of his career. He retired at dissolution of the Alberta Legislature in 1993.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Musgrove, Tom Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs 1927 births 1997 deaths 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta