Donald Alfred Tannas was a Canadian provincial politician from Alberta.
11 Facts About Don Tannas
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Don Tannas served as a Member of the Alberta Legislature from 1989 until 2004.
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Don Tannas ran for the Progressive Conservative nomination for Highwood in 1974 but lost to George Wolstenholme.
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Don Tannas worked on the campaigns for Wolstenholme and later Harry Alger.
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Don Tannas worked to fund-raise for the party and later served as President of the Highwood PC Association.
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Don Tannas won a comfortable majority holding the Highwood electoral district for the Progressive Conservatives over Don Dearle of the Liberals and Janice Belgum of the New Democrats.
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Don Tannas won his second term with a landslide majority in the 1993 Alberta general election defeating three other candidates.
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Don Tannas improved his plurality to sweep into office for a third term in the 1997 Alberta general election.
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Don Tannas served as Deputy Speaker in his fourth term.
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Don Tannas retired at the dissolution of the Assembly in 2004.
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Don Tannas died at a hospital in Calgary on November 26,2023, at the age of 85.