Thomas Lukaszuk

Former Minister of Jobs, Skills Training and Labour, 45

Lukaszuk was Alberta's minister of jobs, skills, training and labour and the MLA for Edmonton-Castle Downs.

He came to Canada from his native Poland in 1982, and received an education degree from the University of Alberta.

Lukaszuk then ran a firm that helped workers with work-related injury claims. He was first elected to the Alberta legislature in 2001.