Walter Szwender

Walter Richard Szwender is a former provincial level politician and teacher from Alberta, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 until 1986.^[1]

Walter Richard Szwender
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office 1982–1986
Preceded by	William Mack
Succeeded by	Tom Sigurdson
Constituency	Edmonton-Belmont
Personal details
Born	(1950-10-20) October 20, 1950 (age 74) Edmonton, Alberta
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Occupation	Teacher

Political career

Szwender ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature and was elected to the electoral district of Edmonton-Belmont in the 1982 Alberta general election. He held the seat for the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.^[2]

He ran for a second term in office in the 1986 Alberta general election but was defeated in a closely contested race by the New Democrat candidate, Tom Sigurdson. Szwender finished second out of six candidates.^[3]

Szwender faced Sigurdson again three years later in the 1989 election in an attempt to retake Edmonton-Belmont and he was once again defeated, this time by a larger margin.^[4]

He attempted another come back to the Alberta Legislature by running in the 2004 provincial election in Edmonton Decore as a last-minute replacement after it was revealed that the nominated candidate, Ray Haja,r was a convicted criminal, and had years of unpaid alimony. Swzender ran against the incumbent MLA, Gary Masyk. Both Masyk and Swender were defeated by the Liberal candidate, Bill Bonko.^[5]

Szwender is a high school teacher.^{[citation needed]}