{{Short description|Canadian politician (1943–2021)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | image_size = | name = Clint Dunford | caption = | birth_name = Clinton Earl Dunford | birth_date = {{birth date|1943|2|21}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|10|14|1943|2|21}} | birth_place = Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada | death_place = Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada | office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | constituency = Lethbridge West | term_start = June 15, 1993 | term_end = March 3, 2008 | predecessor = John Gogo | successor = Greg Weadick | party = Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta | occupation = | spouse = }} '''Clinton Earl Dunford''' (February 21, 1943 – October 14, 2021) was a Canadian politician in Lethbridge, Alberta.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EKZDAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Dunford,+Clinton%22+1943|title=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide|date=December 29, 1996|publisher=P. G. Normandin|via=Google Books}}</ref> He was first elected in 1993 as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Lethbridge West, and elected to his fourth term on November 22, 2004. He did not seek re-election in the 2008 election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=ded39a05-f4fa-4f88-a6e7-8c9c1dba797b|title=Ex-ministers, Tory MLA retire|work=Edmonton Journal|date=August 25, 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505123136/http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=ded39a05-f4fa-4f88-a6e7-8c9c1dba797b|archivedate=May 5, 2016}}</ref>
He served as Minister of Alberta Advanced Education and Career Development, Minister of Alberta Human Resources and Employment and Minister of Economic Development, and he was responsible for the Personnel Administration Office, the Alberta Labour Relations Board, Workers Compensation Board, and Appeals Commission for Alberta Workers Compensation.
Dunford was raised in Portreeve, Saskatchewan. He held a bachelor's degree, majoring in economics, from the University of Calgary. Before his MLA career, he was president and owner of CED Consulting Ltd. in Lethbridge.
Dunford was diagnosed with incurable cancer (Multiple Myeloma) in November 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cnews.canoe.com/CNEWS/Canada/2005/11/04/pf-1293197.html|title=Veteran Alberta cabinet minister Clint Dunford battling incurable cancer|publisher=cnews|date=November 4, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422125946/http://cnews.canoe.com/CNEWS/Canada/2005/11/04/pf-1293197.html|archive-date=April 22, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He continued to work while undergoing cancer treatment in Edmonton, receiving a stem cell transplant in April 2006.
Dunford died on October 14, 2021, at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former MLA Clint Dunford remembered with 'huge respect' as Lethbridge loses 'enthusiastic advocate for our city'|url=https://lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridge-news/2021/10/15/former-mla-clint-dunford-remembered-with-huge-respect-as-lethbridge-loses-enthusiastic-advocate-for-our-city/|last=Beeber|first=Al|publisher=The Lethbridge Herald|date=October 15, 2021|accessdate=October 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2021/10/15/former-lethbridge-mla-clint-dunford-passes/|title=Former Lethbridge MLA Clint Dunford passes|first=Dori|last=Modney|date=October 15, 2021|publisher=Lethbridge News Now}}</ref> He lived in Lethbridge with his wife Gwen. He had one son, three stepsons, and nine grandchildren.
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==External links== *[https://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_bio&rnumber=65 MLA biography]
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