Thomas Glenn Shypitka is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election."NDP loses key Kootenay seat to the B.C. Liberals" . CBC News British Columbia, May 9, 2017. He represented the electoral district of Kootenay East as a member of the BC United caucus. In Opposition, he has served as the Official Opposition Critic for Energy and Mines; Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation; and Mines and Low Carbon Innovation. He was also appointed B.C. United caucus chair (2024) and deputy chair of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services (2023-2024).
Shypitka is also an accomplished curler, having represented British Columbia at the 1991 Labatt Brier and 2010 Tim Hortons Brier. He has appeared at the Brier as both a right and left handed thrower (right handed in 1991, left handed in 2010), due to a knee injury.
In the 2024 British Columbia general election, he ran as an independent but was unseated by Pete Davis from the Conservative Party of British Columbia.
Shypitka is currently a mayoral candidate for the 2026 Cranbrook, British Columbia election.
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