Bob Wanner
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The Honourable Bob Wanner MLA |
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Wanner in 2015
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| 13th Speaker of the Alberta Legislative Assembly |
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Assumed office June 11, 2015 |
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| Premier | Rachel Notley |
| Lieutenant Governor | Lois Mitchell |
| Preceded by | Gene Zwozdesky |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Medicine Hat | |
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Assumed office May 5, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Blake Pedersen |
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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. On June 11, 2015, he was elected as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
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.
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