David Eggen

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David Eggen

MLA for Edmonton Calder
In office 2004 – 2008
Preceded by	Brent Rathgeber
Succeeded by	Doug Elniski

Political party	New Democrat
Occupation	teacher

David Eggen is a Canadian politician. He is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the riding of Edmonton Calder.

1 Educator
2 Political career
3 Life after politics
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Educator

Eggen was educated at the University of Alberta where he received a Bachelor of Education degree in 1984. Eggen then went to Zimbabwe where he taught for three years. At this point, he returned to Edmonton where he taught at local high schools from 1990 to 2004. He also coached a wide variety of sports for high school and community teams. In 1996 and 1997, he also served as an education consultant to the Wat Dhammamongkol Temple in Bangkok, Thailand. He volunteered as an animator at Fort Edmonton Park. Finally, he is a provincial trustee with the Forum for Young Albertans. He is also a member of the Diversity, Equality and Human Rights committee for the Alberta Teachers’ Association and an amateur musician. He lives in Edmonton with his wife, their two daughters, plus the family cat and dog.

[edit] Political career

Eggen was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, as a New Democrat, in the general election on November 22, 2004, defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative Brent Rathgeber.

He was the first NDP representative elected in Edmonton-Calder since 1993, increasing his party's share of the vote from 18% to 36%. His victory was widely attributed to a two-year canvassing campaign in the run-up to the election. He narrowly defeated PC incumbent Brent Rathgeber. His strategies are now being implemented as standards for campaigns across the province.^{[citation needed]} He served as the NDP's critic for Agriculture and Food, Environment, K-12 Education, Sustainable Resource Development, and Tourism and Culture.

He was defeated in the 2008 election by Progressive Conservative Doug Elniski.

[edit] Life after politics

On June 1st, 2008, Eggen assumed the Alberta executive director's position for Friends of Medicare, an advocacy group that supports public healthcare.^[1]