Tom Thurber

Thomas George Thurber (born 1934-2000) was a Canadian provincial politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (MLA) from 1989 to 2000. He served as Alberta's Minister of Public Affairs, Supply and Services from 1993 to 1994 and as Minister of Municipal Affairs from 1994-1997. on 26 October 1934. He served in the Korean War

He served as reeve for Wetaskiwin County, member of a school board, before he ran for election to the Alberta Legislative Assembly in 1989.

The electorate of Drayton Valley was abolished in 1993 and reconstituted into Drayton Valley-Calmar. Thurber 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.

Thurber served as Alberta's Minister of Public Affairs, Supply and Services from 1993 to 1994 and as Minister of Municipal Affairs from 1994-1997.

Thurber retired from public politics at dissolution of the legislature in 2001, saying "I did not want to make this a full-life career".

Death Thurber died on 7 March 2010 at Rimbey Hospital in Rimbey, Alberta; he was 75.