Ron Liepert
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Ron Liepert MP |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Calgary Signal Hill |
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Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | new district |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary West | |
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In office November 22, 2004 – April 23, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Karen Kryczka |
| Succeeded by | Ken Hughes |
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October 8, 1949 Saltcoats, Saskatchewan |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, Conservative Party of Canada |
| Spouse(s) | Linda |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Calgary, Alberta |
| Occupation | consultant |
| Website | http://ronliepert.ca |
Ronald Liepert (born October 8, 1949) is a Canadian politician and the current Member of Parliament for Calgary Signal Hill. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the constituency of Calgary-West as a Progressive Conservative, from 2004 to 2012. On April 12, 2014, Liepert won the federal Conservative nomination in Calgary Signal Hill, defeating incumbent Rob Anders.
Liepert was born in Saltcoats, Saskatchewan in 1949. He grew up on the farm and attended a small rural school. He left high school in the middle of grade 11 at the age of 17. He moved to Calgary where he took a job with Rosco Steel. For three years Liepert returned to the family farm to help with the crop, but he became disillusioned with farming and he settled into Calgary, Alberta year round. He was working at Burns Foods in 1971 when he decided to enroll in the Columbia School of Broadcasting. In 1972 Liepert, married and with an infant daughter, joined CHAB (AM) in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. In the mid-1970s he took a position with CFCW (AM) radio in Camrose, Alberta, and from there he moved to the ITV network in Edmonton, Alberta near the end of the 70s.
From 1980 to 1985, Liepert held the position of Press Secretary to Premier Peter Lougheed. Following that responsibility, he moved to the ministry of Alberta Economic Development as the Trade Director of Western U.S. Operations where he remained until 1991. That year, he moved to the private sector to work for Telus where he was involved in both the purchase of Ed Tel and the BCTel merger in addition to the rebranding of AGT to Telus. From 2000 to 2004, Liepart owned his own public relations/communications consulting company and operated a childcare centre in Calgary's core.
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