Louis "Lou" Sekora is a Canadian politician.

Born in Hafford, Saskatchewan

Hafford, Saskatchewan

-Education:The Hafford community was served firstly by the Whiteberry School District which constructed their school building over two years 1906-1908, opening in 1909 followed by the Rus School District opening 1910. In this area, the Alberton School District, Gooseberry School District, Slawa...

, Sekora served as mayor

Mayor

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 of Coquitlam, British Columbia

Coquitlam, British Columbia

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, from 1983 to 1997. He was first elected to city council in 1972. A series of acting mayors replaced him, eventually followed by Jon Kingsbury who served from 1998 to 2005.

Sekora resigned to run in a 1998 by-election

By-election

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 and was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 as a candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada

Liberal Party of Canada

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, representing the riding of Port Moody—Coquitlam. In the 2000 general election

Canadian federal election, 2000

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, he lost his seat to Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada

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 candidate James Moore

James Moore (Canadian politician)

James Moore, PC, MP is the Canadian Member of Parliament for Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada...

Following his loss, he was appointed as a part-time Citizenship Judge

Citizenship judge

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 by Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Canada

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 Jean Chrétien

Jean Chrétien

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In 2005 he was elected back to the Coquitlam City Council as an independent.

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