14 Facts About Ty Lund

Tyrone Orville Lund was a Canadian politician who served as Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the constituency of Rocky Mountain House as a Progressive Conservative until his defeat in 2012.

Ty Lund was born on March 31,1938, in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta.

Ty Lund served as a municipal councillor of the Municipal District of Clearwater for nine years, beginning in 1980.

Ty Lund was a member of the provincial executive of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties from 1987 to 1989.

Ty Lund was first elected as a Member of the Legislature in 1989, with 60 per cent of the vote in the constituency.

Ty Lund was first appointed Minister of Environmental Protection in 1994, and re-appointed in 1997.

In 1999, Ty Lund became Minister of Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development.

Ty Lund was then appointed Minister of Infrastructure in 2001.

Ty Lund held that position until April 2006, when he was appointed Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation, which he held until December 2006.

Ty Lund was elected to his sixth term representing the constituency of Rocky Mountain House in the 2008 provincial election, where he received 62 per cent of the votes.

Ty Lund was the chair of the Regulatory Secretariat and deputy chair of the Legislative Offices Committee and Select Special Information and Privacy Commissioner Search Committee.

Ty Lund was the coordinator of the Civil Air Rescue Emergency Services and treasurer of the Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church's parish.

Ty Lund was a member of the Rocky Mountain House Agricultural Society, as well as of local chapters of the 4-H Club, the Kinsmen Club and the Rotary Club.

Ty Lund died on February 28,2021, at the age of 82 in Rimbey, Alberta.