He defeated three other candidates, including incumbent Isidore Goresky and former MLA Andrew Shandro.

Tomyn ran in the new electoral district of Willingdon in the election held that year and won with a large majority.

[7] Tomyn attempted a comeback as the Social Credit candidate in the new electoral district of Edmonton Norwood in the 1959 general election.

[9] In the 1967 general election, Tomyn faced NDP candidate and future MLA Grant Notley, whom he defeated by a margin of 1,000 votes.

The length of his service made him the sixth longest-serving member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to date.