David Swann
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Doctor David Swann MLA |
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David Swann, Leader of Alberta's Liberal Party
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| Leader of the Official Opposition in Alberta | |
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In office December 15, 2008 – September 10, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Kevin Taft |
| Succeeded by | Raj Sherman |
| Leader of the Alberta Liberal Party | |
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Assumed office February 1, 2015 (Interim) |
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| Preceded by | Raj Sherman |
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In office December 13, 2008 – September 10, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Kevin Taft |
| Succeeded by | Raj Sherman |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Mountain View | |
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Assumed office November 22, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Mark Hlady |
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David Richard Swann June 19, 1949 Taber, Alberta |
| Political party | Alberta Liberal Party |
| Spouse(s) | Laureen |
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University of Alberta University of Calgary |
| Profession | Medical doctor |
| Religion | United Church |
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| Website | davidswann.ca |
David Richard Swann, MLA (born June 19, 1949) is a medical doctor and Canadian politician. He currently serves as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Mountain View, and is a member of the Liberal Party. He was the leader of the Alberta Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Alberta Legislature from December 2008 until resigning as party leader in September 2011. He returned as interim leader of the Alberta Liberal Party on February 1, 2015, following the resignation of Raj Sherman and led the party through the 2015 provincial election.
Swann was born in Taber, Alberta, and was raised in a middle-class family on the edge of downtown Calgary. His father, Richard Swann, was head of oil and gas exploration for Canadian Fina for many years, before that company was sold to Petro-Canada. His mother Margaret was an active volunteer while raising him and his four siblings.
His summers as a child were spent in the countryside and mountains of Alberta. As he grew up, he worked on farms, at gas plants and hospitals to finance his education.
Swann attended Western Canada High School before entering the University of Alberta in Edmonton in 1967. While at the U of A, he was a member of the Golden Bears Basketball team that went to the national basketball finals in 1969. He is still a sports fan and considers himself an outdoorsman; Swann is a regular runner, biker, hiker and canoeist.
After graduating in Family Medicine in 1975, Swann worked in mission hospitals in South Africa for three years, where he met his future wife, Laureen Ross, also a doctor. There he discovered the deep connection between medicine and politics firsthand. He was deeply affected by the human rights abuses of apartheid, particularly the killing of Steve Biko, who lived near the mission where he worked.
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