Jamie Kleinsteuber
| Jamie Kleinsteuber | |
|---|---|
|
Kleinsteuber in May 2015 | |
| MLA for Calgary-Northern Hills | |
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Assumed office May 5, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Teresa Woo-Paw |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1976/1977 (age 38–39) Kingston, Ontario |
| Political party | Alberta New Democratic Party |
| Residence | Calgary, Alberta |
| Occupation | Airline employee |
Jamie Kleinsteuber (born 1976) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the Alberta general election, 2015 to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the electoral district of Calgary-Northern Hills.[1][2]
Originally from Picton, Ontario, Kleinsteuber moved to Alberta in 2010.[2] Residing in Cochrane, he ran as the party's candidate in Banff-Cochrane in the 2012 provincial election but lost to Ron Casey.[2] He moved to Calgary in early 2015.[2]
He currently serves as a member of the Standing Committee on Private Bills and is a member of the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices as well as the Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship. He previously served as deputy chair of the Standing Committee on Private Bills.
Mr. Kleinsteuber attended the University of Ottawa and received a baccalaureate in arts: concentration History/ concentration public policy and public management, which included studies in public policy and analysis and public administration.
Prior to being elected, Mr. Kleinsteuber worked in the aviation industry for 18 years. During his employment with an airline he worked as ground staff based at airports in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Calgary.[3]
Electoral history
| Alberta general election, 2012: Banff-Cochrane | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Casey | 6,632 | 41.82% | |||||
| Wildrose | Tom Copithorne [4] | 5,933 | 37.41% | |||||
| Liberal | Pete Helfrich [5][6] | 2,234 | 14.08% | |||||
| New Democratic | Jamie Kleinsteuber | 1,059 | 6.67% | |||||
| Total | 15,858 | |||||||
| Alberta general election, 2015 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jamie Kleinsteuber | 6,652 | 38.3% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Teresa Woo-Paw | 5,342 | 30.7% | |||||
| Wildrose | Prasad Panda | 4,385 | 25.2% | |||||
| Liberal | Harry Lin | 1,002 | 5.8% | |||||
References
- ↑
- 1 2 3 4 "New MLA plans to bring airline work ethic to legislature". Calgary Herald, May 6, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_bio&rnumber=23&leg=29
- ↑ "Tom Copithorne official Wildrose Party page".
- ↑ "Provincial liberals choose Banff-Cochrane candidate". February 1, 2012.
- ↑ "Pete Helfrich for Banff-Cochrane". February 4, 2012.