Link Byfield
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- Columnist
- publisher
- author
Link Byfield | |
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| Born | Eric Linkord Byfield December 5, 1951 |
| Died | January 24, 2015 (aged 63) St. Albert, Alberta, Canada |
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| Political party | Wildrose (2008–2015) |
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| Spouse | Joanne Byfield |
| Children | 4 |
| Father | Ted Byfield |
| Awards | Alberta Centennial Medal (2005) |
Eric Linkord Byfield (December 5, 1951 – January 24, 2015) was a Canadian news columnist, author, and politician.[1][2]
Byfield was editor and publisher for the now defunct Alberta Report magazine for eighteen years.[3]
One of six siblings born to Ted, a conservative columnist, and Virginia Byfield, Link became a columnist for the Calgary Sun[4] and occasionally was published in the Calgary Herald, National Post,[5] Globe and Mail[6] and Winnipeg Free Press.[7]
Lobbyist
Byfield founded the Citizens Centre for Freedom and Democracy, a lobby group dedicated to "advocating responsible government."[8]
Senator in waiting
Byfield was the first to declare his candidacy for the 2004 Alberta Senate nominee election on September 27, 2004.[9] He decided to remain independent of the other parties, and was one of two independent senator-in-waiting candidates (the other being Tom Sindlinger). He was elected to the 4th and final spot in the block vote with 236,382 votes. He was the first independent senator-in-waiting, and the first independent elected in an Alberta election since Raymond Speaker and Walt Buck in 1982. In 2005, Byfield received the Alberta Centennial Medal.[10]
