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Encyclopedia > Dave Bronconnier
David Thomas Bronconnier

Incumbent
Assumed office 
October 22, 2001
Preceded by Al Duerr
Born October 7, 1962
Calgary, Alberta
Spouse Cindy Bronconnier

David 'Dave' Thomas Bronconnier is a Canadian politician, currently serving as the 35th mayor of Calgary, Alberta.
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Biography

Bronconnier was born on October 7, 1962. A third generation Calgarian (his great grandmother was born in Calgary in 1895), he grew up in the southwest community of Glenbrook and attended Viscount Bennett High School. Bronconnier enrolled at the University of Calgary but left after a short while to pursue work opportunities. He worked for the City of Calgary Electric System and for Alberta Government Telephones and then in 1983 started a small construction company. In 1987, Bronconnier and his business partner founded First General Services. The company specializes exclusively in insurance restoration and fire damage repairs and now employs 15 people. He is married to Cindy Bronconnier, with whom he has four children. October 7 is the 280th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (281st in leap years). ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Calgary is a public university located in the north-western quadrant of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ...


Political career

Bronconnier served on Calgary's city council as the Alderman for Ward 6. He was first elected in 1992 and then served 3 terms before deciding to run for mayor. In 1997, Bronconnier ran in the federal election as the Liberal candidate for Calgary West. Bronconnier was defeated by a landslide in this election by Reform Party candidate Rob Anders Long serving and very popular mayor Al Duerr was retiring leaving the position wide open. Bronconnier narrowly defeated Bev Longstaff, Duerr's protege, winning the mayoralty race of 2001. He became Calgary's 35th mayor. The Liberal Party of Canada (French: ), colloquially known as the Grits (originally Clear Grits), is a Canadian federal political party. ... For the provincial electoral district, see Calgary West (provincial electoral district) Calgary West is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada. ... The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party founded in 1987, originally as a Western Canada-based protest party, but attempted to expand eastward in the 1990s. ... Robert Rob Anders (born April 1, 1972, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian politician. ... Alfred (Al) Herman Duerr, is a Canadian politician (born in Humboldt, Saskatchewan) who served as Mayor of Calgary, Alberta from 1989 to 2001. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of mayors of Calgary, Alberta. ...


Since then, Mayor Bronconnier's personal approval among Calgarians has remained strong [1] based on an aggressive program of increasing the size of government, raising property taxes, infrastructure construction, public safety investment, environmental stewardship and pressing for more financial resources for municipalities from the Provincial and Federal governments.


Bronconnier was re-elected in 2004 with nearly 80% of the votes. Although there was extemely low voter turnout. Roughly 20% of the population voted. shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


External Link

  • City of Calgary page for the Mayor
Preceded by
Al Duerr		 Mayor of Calgary
2001-present		 Succeeded by
incumbent
v • d • e
Mayors of Calgary
George Murdoch • George Clift King • Arthur Edwin Shelton • Daniel Webster Marsh • James Delamere Lafferty • James A. Reilly • Alexander Lucas • Wesley Fletcher Orr • Alexander McBride • Wesley Fletcher Orr (again) • Arthur Leslie Cameron • James A. Reilly (again) • William Henry Cushing • James Stuart Mackie • Thomas Underwood • Silas Alexander Ramsay • John Emerson • Arthur Leslie Cameron (again) • Reuben Rupert Jamieson • John William Mitchell • Herbert Arthur Sinnott • Michael Copps Costello • Robert Colin Marshall • Samuel Hunter Adams • George Harry Webster • Frederick Ernest Osborne • Andrew Davison • James Cameron Watson • Donald Hugh Mackay • Harry Hays • Grant MacEwan • Jack Leslie • Rod Sykes • Ross Patterson Alger • Ralph Klein • Donald Adam Hartman • Al Duerr • Dave Bronconnier

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Dave Bronconnier at AllExperts (329 words)
David 'Dave' Thomas Bronconnier is a Canadian politician, currently serving as the 35th mayor of Calgary, Alberta.
In 1997, Bronconnier ran in the federal election as the Liberal candidate for Calgary West.
Bronconnier was re-elected in 2004 with nearly 80% of the votes.
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