BUTTON, POLITICAL

Description: BUTTON IS ORANGE WITH YELLOW PRINT. READS "SHAUN WARD" WITH TWO YELLOW LINES BELOW. AROUND THE RIM ARE SMALL YELLOW STARS AND THE WORDS "MANUFACTURED BY [ILLEGIBLE] WORKSHOP 1610 29 ST NORTH [ILLEGIBLE] ALBERTA". THE BACK HAS BLACK ACCRETIONS AND A BRASS PIN.

History: SHAUN WARD'S PUBLIC SERVICE CAREER IS AS FOLLOWS: 1980 - LIBERAL CANDIDATE, FEDERAL ELECTION, LETHBRIDGE-FOOTHILLS; 1983 - ELECTED PRESIDENT, LIBERAL PARTY OF CANADA IN ALBERTA; 1984 - LIBERAL CANDIDATE, FEDERAL ELECTION, LETHBRIDGE-FOOTHILLS; 1980, 1983, 1986, 1989 - ELECTED LETHBRIDGE MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL BOARD; 1989-1992 - CHAIRMAN LETHBRIDGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL BOARD; 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001 - ELECTED ALDERMAN, CITY OF LETHBRIDGE. IT IS NOT KNOWN FOR WHICH ELECTION CAMPAIGN THIS BUTTON WAS USED. **UPDATE: COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK INTERVIEWED OBJECT DONOR KEVIN MACLEAN ON SEPT 13, 2018 AS PART OF HER 2017-2019 RELEVANCY AUDIT ASSIGNMENT. MACLEAN MADE NEW COMMENTS ON PERSONAL DONATIONS MADE BETWEEN 1995 AND 2002, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HIS MEMORIES OF HIS DONATED BUTTONS, LEGION SERVICE MATERIAL, AND MILLENNIUM (YEAR 2000) NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION OBJECTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE ITEMS AND OTHERS, INCLUDING A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW, SEE THIS RECORD'S PERMANENT FILE.