{"id":20487,"date":"2022-11-03T08:17:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T13:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/?post_type=spucpt&#038;p=20487"},"modified":"2022-12-05T16:43:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T21:43:57","slug":"rj-sigurdson","status":"publish","type":"spucpt","link":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/spucpt\/rj-sigurdson\/","title":{"rendered":"RJ Sigurdson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>RJ Sigurdson&#8217;s bio<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"goa-band53692\" class=\"goa-band--small goa-band--white\">\n<div id=\"goa-grid53692\" class=\"goa-grid-100-100-100\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload  wp-image-20488 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cabinet-rj-sigurdson-web-300x300.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cabinet-rj-sigurdson-web-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27246%27%20height%3D%27246%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20246%20246%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27246%27%20height%3D%27246%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cabinet-rj-sigurdson-web-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cabinet-rj-sigurdson-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cabinet-rj-sigurdson-web-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cabinet-rj-sigurdson-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cabinet-rj-sigurdson-web-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cabinet-rj-sigurdson-web.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>RJ was elected on April 16, 2019 as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Highwood constituency, and was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for EMS Reform on April 24<sup>th<\/sup>, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to serving as a Member, RJ worked with Avalanche Air Systems as a senior project\/general manager and shareholder. He also has extensive experience as a red seal sheet metal worker.<\/p>\n<p>He grew up working on 40-acre family farm north of Cochrane. He also found additional work in high school on the farms of nearby families.<\/p>\n<p>His mother, Ann Sigurdson, was a nurse for 35 years and his father, Richard Sigurdson, ran a successful private ambulance service for 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>After high school, RJ went to work in the oil and gas industry on a conventional drilling rig. When he returned to Calgary years later, he started working in construction and attending SAIT to obtain his Red Seal Journeyman status. He has worked as a Project Manager for one of the largest design-build mechanical companies.<\/p>\n<p>He has been an active volunteer with organizations in the community such as Shriners International.<\/p>\n<p>RJ has been married to his wife Leanne for over 10 years. Together they raise 3 children. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, as well as camping, fishing and hunting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"template":"","class_list":["post-20487","spucpt","type-spucpt","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spucpt\/20487"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spucpt"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/spucpt"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}