Born in Hafford, Saskatchewan, Sekora served as mayor of Coquitlam, British Columbia, from 1983 to 1997.
A series of acting mayors replaced him, eventually followed by Jon Kingsbury who served from 1998 to 2005.
[1] In the 2000 general election, he lost his seat to Canadian Alliance candidate James Moore.
[2] Following his loss, he was appointed as a part-time Citizenship Judge by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.
In 2014, he ran for Mayor of Coquitlam again,[3] but was defeated by incumbent Richard Stewart.