Derek Fox (Canadian politician)

Gordon Derek Fox (born December 27, 1950) is an insurance agent and former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 to 1993.^[1]

Derek Fox
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Vegreville
In office 1986–1993
Preceded by	John Batiuk
Succeeded by	district abolished
Personal details
Born	(1950-12-27) December 27, 1950 (age 74) New Westminster, British Columbia
Political party	Alberta New Democratic Party

Political career

Fox ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature in the 1986 Alberta general election as a candidate for the New Democrats. He won the electoral district of Vegreville defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Ron Rudkowsky and two other candidates in a hotly contested race.^[2] He ran for a second term in office in the 1989 Alberta general election winning an increased plurality defeating two other candidates.^[3] Vegreville was abolished in the boundary redistribution of 1993. Fox ran for re-election in the new electoral district of Vegreville-Viking. He was defeated running in the general election held that year, losing his seat to Progressive Conservative candidate Ed Stelmach.^[4]

Late life

After being defeated from provincial politics, Fox joined Manulife Financial and became the operator of the company's branch in Vegreville. He also runs the Warwick Hall.^[5]