26 Facts About Peter Trynchy

Peter Trynchy was a Canadian businessman, farmer and long serving municipal and provincial level politician from Alberta.

Peter Trynchy served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 until 2001.

Peter Trynchy was born on August 22,1931, in the small town of Rochfort Bridge, Alberta.

Peter Trynchy grew up on a farm and was educated locally.

Peter Trynchy won the new electoral district of Whitecourt, defeating three other candidates to pick up the district for the Progressive Conservatives.

Peter Trynchy won his second term in office in the 1975 Alberta general election, defeating two other candidates and increasing his plurality.

Peter Trynchy won his third term in office with a small drop in his popular vote in the 1979 Alberta general election.

In 1981 as Minister of Recreation and Parks, Peter Trynchy gave an initial $100,000 grant plus $20,000 per year maintenance budget to the town of Hanna in central Alberta to develop park facilities at Fox Lake north of the town site.

Peter Trynchy created controversy when it was made public he took part in a cabinet vote on annexation of land in which he had a financial interest.

Peter Trynchy defended his actions, claiming the land was held in a blind trust, although he provided conflicting statements on whether he had been given information related to the land from the trustee.

Peter Trynchy was re-elected to his fourth term in the 1982 Alberta general election.

Peter Trynchy won the second largest plurality of his political, career defeating four other candidates.

Peter Trynchy would stand for a fifth term in office in the 1986 Alberta general election.

Peter Trynchy's plurality saw a minor decline but he still won his district comfortably, defeating three other candidates.

Peter Trynchy won just a little over half the popular vote in the 1989 Alberta general election.

The race saw a strong challenge by Liberal candidate Jurgen Preugschas, but Peter Trynchy still returned with a safe margin.

Peter Trynchy was easily returned to his seventh term in office.

Clark found that the payment for the driveway on the Peter Trynchy residence was only made after the opposition made the contract and driveway paving public.

Questions were raised by the Clark as to whether Peter Trynchy had intended to accept the paving as a gift for awarding the contract.

Peter Trynchy concluded after a lengthy investigation that there was no evidence Trynchy had attempted to influence the tender process and was cleared in the investigation.

Peter Trynchy was involved in another controversy in April 1996 after granting a $150,000 to a senior's centre just before a by-election held in the Redwater electoral district.

The local newspaper ran a photo of Peter Trynchy and Vegreville-Viking MLA Ed Stelmach handing over the money a week before the election.

Peter Trynchy stood for his eighth and final term in office in the 1997 Alberta general election.

Peter Trynchy won his final election with the largest plurality and popular vote of his political career.

Peter Trynchy retired from public politics at the dissolution of the Legislature in 2001.

Peter Trynchy died on November 21,2022, at the age of 91.