 Zwozdesky was re-elected in the 2012 provincial election as an incumbent PC candidate.He was defeated in the 2015 Alberta general election by Alberta NDP candidate Denise Woollard.Zwozdesky joined the Ukrainian Shumka Dancers in 1963, and danced in the troupe for six years before becoming the musical director, composing and conducting Shumka's music for twenty-five years; he also served in the same role for the Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company.