Glen Clegg

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Glen Clegg is a civil servant and former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 until 2001.

1 Political career
2 Late life
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Political career

Clegg was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1986 Alberta general election. He defeated incumbent New Democrat Jim Gurnett in a hotly contested two way race to win the re-constituted riding of Dunvegan for the Progressive Conservatives. The race was very close with Clegg winning by almost two hundred votes.^[1]

Clegg and Gurnett would run against each other in the 1989 Alberta general election. That election saw Liberal candidate Gerald Eherer enter the race with a marginal showing. Gurnett would loose a significant share of his popular vote as Clegg won his second term comfortably.^[1] He would be reelected to his third term in office winning another tight race over Hartmann Nagel of the Liberals by just three hundred votes. The NDP also finished a strong third with Clegg winning well under 50% of the popular vote. His margin of victory would be decisive in his bid for a fourth term in office in the 1997 Alberta general election. Fred Trotter of the Liberals still made a strong showing but the Liberal vote was reduced over the last election.^[2] Clegg retired from public politics after the Legislature was dissolved in 2001.

[edit] Late life

After leaving public office, Clegg was appointed to the Electoral Boundaries Commission in 2002.^[3] In 2004 he was appointed by Minster of Learning Lyle Oberg in 2004 to serve on the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology board of directors representing the Fairview area.^[4]