The Honourable RJ Sigurdson was first elected as the MLA for Highwood in 2019 and was re-elected this past May. He grew up working on his family farm north of Cochrane, started his working career in Oil and Gas working on a Conventional drilling rig, later becoming an experienced red seal sheet metal worker and a senior project manager & shareholder for Avalanche Air Systems. Following his re-election, Mr. Sigurdson was sworn in as Alberta’s Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation after previously serving as the Parliamentary Secretary for EMS Reform.