Bob Wanner

Bob Wanner

Wanner in 2015
13th Speaker of the Alberta Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
June 11, 2015
Premier Rachel Notley
Lieutenant Governor Lois Mitchell
Preceded by Gene Zwozdesky
MLA for Medicine Hat
Assumed office
May 5, 2015
Preceded by Blake Pedersen
Personal details
Born (1949-04-25) April 25, 1949
Weyburn, Saskatchewan
Political party Alberta New Democratic Party
Residence Medicine Hat, Alberta
Occupation Businessman, Former Public Services Commissioner for the City of Medicine Hat

Robert Edward Wanner (born April 25, 1949) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the Alberta general election, 2015 to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Medicine Hat.[1] On June 11, 2015, he was elected as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.[2]

On April 18, 2016, Wanner threw Interim PC leader Ric McIver out of the Alberta legislature for repeatedly refusing to sit down after learning that sheets explaining Wanner's ruling for an NDP amendment on a motion tabled by McIver had been distributed before the amendment was even debated on the floor.[3]

Electoral history

2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticBob Wanner 6,159 38.0%
WildroseVal Olson 5,760 35.5%
Progressive ConservativeBlake Pedersen 3,227 19.9%
Alberta PartyJim Black 931 5.7%
IndependentDavid Phillips 135 0.8%

References

  1. "Bob Wanner – NDP – Medicine Hat". Medicine Hat News. April 7, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  2. Henton, Darcy (June 11, 2015). "Medicine Hat MLA elected speaker of Legislature". Calgary Herald. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  3. Bellefontaine, Michelle (April 18, 2016). "Dispute over ruling gets PC leader Ric McIver kicked out of legislature". CBC News. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
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