Len Webber
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Len Webber MP |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Calgary Confederation |
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Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Riding Established |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Foothills | |
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In office November 22, 2004 – September 29, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Pat Nelson |
| Succeeded by | Jim Prentice |
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Leonard Warren Webber November 10, 1960 Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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Progressive Conservative (2004-2014) Independent (2014) Conservative (2014-present) |
| Spouse(s) | Heather (deceased March 3, 2010) |
| Children | Lauren, Jaime, Kelly |
| Residence | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Alma mater |
University of Calgary SAIT |
Leonard Warren "Len" Webber (born November 10, 1960) is the Member of Parliament for Calgary Confederation and sits in the House of Commons as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. He was elected to this position in October 2015 in the newly created urban riding. Previously he was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the constituency of Calgary-Foothills from 2004 to 2014, initially as a Progressive Conservative and in his last six months in office as an independent.
Webber was born November 10, 1960 in Calgary, Alberta. His father, Dr. Neil Webber, served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the constituency of Calgary-Bow from 1975 until 1989 and was also a member of cabinet. (Len) Webber graduated from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and went on to acquire his Journeyman Communications Electrician certificate from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT). He then pursued work as an apprentice electrician and managed his own contracting company for 10 years. Prior to seeking office, Webber served as vice president and director of the Webber Academy, a private, non-profit school in southwest Calgary for children from junior kindergarten to grade 12 founded by his father, Neil Webber.
Len Webber first sought public office in the 2004 provincial election in the constituency of Calgary-Foothills. In that election, he received 57% of the vote. In addition to his responsibilities as MLA during his first term, Webber held the position of Deputy Government Whip and was chair of the Advisory Committee on Climate Change, the MLA Review Committee of Private Investigators and Security Guards Act, the Healthy Aging and Continuing Care in Alberta Committee, and the MLA Task Force on Affordable Housing and Homelessness in Alberta. He also acted as co-chair of the MLA Task Force on Continuing Care Health Service and Accommodation Standards Committee and served as a member of numerous other committees and boards.
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