Kerry Diotte
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Kerry Diotte MP |
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Kerry Diotte announcing his mayoral bid on May 16, 2013
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Edmonton Griesbach |
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Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Riding Established |
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In office October 26, 2010 – October 29, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ward Established |
| Succeeded by | Mike Nickel |
| Constituency | Ward 11 |
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February 26, 1956 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Alma mater | Carleton University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Kerry Thomas Diotte, MP was born February 26, 1956. He was elected to represent the riding of Edmonton Griesbach in the House of Commons of Canada in the Canadian federal election, 2015. He is a former member of the Edmonton City Council.
He was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada and educated at Carleton University in Ottawa.
On November 18, 2004, seven members of the Edmonton Police Service targeted Diotte along with then-police commission chairman Martin Ignasiak in a controversial undercover drunk-driving operation at an Edmonton bar, the Overtime Broiler & Taproom. Police were staked out in anticipation of catching the two men driving home drunk, but both took cabs home.
Subsequent legal proceedings produced evidence, including police radio conversations from that night, showing officers set up the operation because they were upset by Diotte's newspaper columns about policing, including criticism of photo radar operations.
After an internal police investigation exonerated the officers involved in the unwarranted would-be sting, then-police chief Fred Rayner was fired from his position by the Edmonton Police Commission.
In September 2008, Alberta's Law Enforcement Review Board ruled a senior police officer abused his power by targeting Diotte because the law enforcement official was frustrated by the columnist's viewpoints on police matters.
The panel decided there was "no credible evidence" to suggest Diotte would drive drunk when leaving the November 18, 2004 function and noted the journalist has no criminal record.
In the decision, the panel chair wrote: "Mr. Diotte had the right, without fear of police reprisal, to freedom of speech, which includes the freedom to write critical articles about policing in his community."
Diotte had been employed at the Edmonton Sun from 1985 until October 2009 where he had previously been Legislature bureau chief, a copy editor, reporter and assignment editor.
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