Former Rocky Mountain House MLA Ty Lund dead at age 82
Ty Lund, who served six terms as MLA for Rocky Mountain House, died on Sunday at the age of 82.
Lund was born in Rocky Mountain House in 1938 and was a third generation family farmer outside of his lengthy political career that began in 1980 when he was elected as a councillor for the Municipal District of Clearwater.
After serving nine years on county council, including the final three as reeve, Lund made the jump to provincial politics and was elected in 1989 as the Progressive Conservative MLA for the Rocky Mountain House riding. He would win five more times after that and keep the seat for 23 years until 2012.
Lund was also a four-time cabinet member, serving at various points as the provincial minister for agriculture, environment, transportation and infrastructure, and government services.