Randy Thorsteinson
| Randy Thorsteinson | |
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| Leader of the Reform Party of Alberta | |
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Assumed office 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Party created |
| Leader of the Alberta Alliance | |
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In office 2003–2005 |
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| Preceded by | Party created |
| Succeeded by | Eleanor Maroes (Interim) |
| Leader of the Social Credit Party of Alberta | |
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In office 1993–1999 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Alford |
| Succeeded by | James Albers |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Randy Thorsteinson Gimli, Manitoba |
| Political party |
Reform Party of Canada Social Credit Party of Alberta Alberta Alliance Reform Party of Alberta |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University |
| Religion | Church of Latter-Day Saints |
Randy Thorsteinson (born November 8, 1956) is a politician and businessman in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.
Thorsteinson was born in Gimli, Manitoba spending his youth living in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Edmonton, Alberta; Calgary, Alberta and Grande Prairie, Alberta.
He attended St. Paul's High School in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Thorsteinson attended Ricks College (now Brigham Young University-Idaho campus) for two years followed by two years at Brigham Young University (Utah) majoring in business management.
Following university Thorsteinson spent three years as Retail Sales Manager for Travelaire Trailer Canada Ltd. in Red Deer, Alberta.
He was one of the founders of Carlson Tours and Incentive Travel Ltd. in 1984 which subsequently changed its name to Cascadia Motivation Inc. Thorsteinson is the Chief Operating Officer of the company. Cascadia Motivation works with Canadian businesses to improve their performance levels and achieve their objectives.
Thorsteinson entered politics as president of the Red Deer riding association of the Reform Party of Canada in 1988 and served in this position for three years.
In 1988 Thorsteinson served as the campaign manager for Michael Roth, the Reform Party candidate in Red Deer riding. Roth finished second to Doug Fee (PC) with just under 10,000 votes.
Thorsteinson joined the Alberta Social Credit Party in 1991, and became leader the following year.
Under Thorsteinson, Social Credit experienced the beginnings of a rebirth, and in the 1997 general election, the party nominated 70 candidates and collected 64,667 votes (almost seven per cent of the popular vote). This was Social Credit's best result since 1979, but it failed to win any seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
By 1999, however, Thorsteinson, a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was at odds with his party after a movement within the party to limit the involvement of Latter-day Saints. Thorsteinson quit the party in April 1999 and was a founder of the Alberta First Party but was not active in the party.
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