Judy Gordon

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1948–2020)}} {{for|the American theater producer|Judy Gordon (producer)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} '''Judith Dawn Gordon''' (February 19, 1948 – December 1, 2020) was a provincial and municipal level politician from Alberta, Canada. She has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, and as mayor of Lacombe.

==Provincial political career== Gordon ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature after serving as mayor of Lacombe from 1989 to 1993.<ref name="inmayor3"/> She won the new electoral district of Lacombe-Stettler in the 1993 Alberta general election winning easily defeating five other candidates to earn her first term in provincial office. She was elected to her second term in the 1997 Alberta general election. Her popular vote slightly decreased but she won her seat with a much bigger margin.<ref name="provelec1">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=19&Constit=Lacombe-Stettler|title=Lacobme-Stettler official results 1993-1997|publisher=Alberta Heritage|accessdate=2008-03-22}}</ref> Gordon was re-elected to a landslide winning her third term in office in the 2001 Alberta general election.<ref name="provelec2">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=2001&Constit=Lacombe-Stettler|title=Lacobme-Stettler official results 2001|publisher=Alberta Heritage|accessdate=2008-03-22}}</ref> She retired from her seat at dissolution in 2004 citing a hectic work schedule, the commute to Edmonton and redistribution of her electoral district.<ref name="inmayor3"/>

==Mayor of Lacombe== Gordon had served her first term as mayor of Lacombe from 1989 to 1993 she left to run as a Member of the Alberta Legislature in 1993.<ref name="inmayor3">{{cite web|url=http://cgi.bowesonline.com/pedro.php?id=23&x=story&xid=339268|author=Bryan Alary|title=MLA runs for mayor|date=September 7, 2004|publisher=Lacombe Globe|accessdate=2008-03-22|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713164655/http://cgi.bowesonline.com/pedro.php?id=23|archivedate=July 13, 2007}}</ref> She was elected to her second stint as mayor of Lacombe in the 2004 municipal election. She defeated incumbent mayor Bill McQuesten in a hotly contested three-way race winning by a plurality of 41 votes.<ref name="inmayor1">{{cite web|url=http://cgi.bowesonline.com/pedro.php?id=23&x=story&xid=339268|author=Lyle Aspinall, Bryan Alary and Nikoll Long|title=ELECTION '04: Gordon returns to mayor’s seat|date=October 19, 2004|publisher=Lacombe Globe|accessdate=2008-03-22|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713164655/http://cgi.bowesonline.com/pedro.php?id=23|archivedate=July 13, 2007}}</ref>

Gordon was elected to her third term by acclamation in the 2007 Lacombe municipal election.<ref name="inmayor2">{{cite web|url=http://cgi.bowesonline.com/pedro.php?id=23&x=story&xid=339268|title=Mayor Gordon Back In|date=September 18, 2007|author=Lisa Joy|publisher=Lacombe Globe|accessdate=2008-03-22|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713164655/http://cgi.bowesonline.com/pedro.php?id=23|archivedate=July 13, 2007}}</ref>

She announced her retirement as mayor in 2010.<ref>[http://www.lacombeglobe.com/2010/08/04/mayor-gordon-announces-shes-retiring "Mayor Gordon announces she's retiring"]. ''Lacombe Globe'', August 6, 2010.</ref> Gordon died on December 1, 2020, at the age of 72.<ref>[https://www.arbormemorial.ca/reddeer/obituaries/judy-gordon/59104 Judy Gordon's obituary]</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101026192825/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Judy}} Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs Category:1948 births Category:2020 deaths Category:Women MLAs in Alberta Category:Women mayors of places in Alberta Category:People from Lacombe, Alberta Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Category:20th-century Canadian women politicians Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians Category:20th-century mayors of places in Alberta