Dr. Lyle Oberg is an Albertan politician and current member of the Legislative Assembly. Motto: Fortis et liber (Latin: Strong and free) Official languages English (see below) Flower   Wild rose Tree Lodgepole Pine Bird Great Horned Owl Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ralph Klein (PC) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 28 6 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total... A Member of the Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to the Legislature or legislative assembly of a subnational jurisdiction. ...

A physician by profession, Oberg was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as an Progressive Conservative in 1993. He was first appointed to the Alberta Cabinet in 1997 and served numerous posts. During his term as an executive councillor, he was styled "the Honourable". The Doctor by Samuel Luke Fildes This article is about the term physician, a type of doctor; for other uses of the word doctor see Doctor (disambiguation). ... The Legislative Assembly of Alberta meets in the provincial capital, Edmonton. ... The Alberta Progressive Conservative Party is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Executive Council of Alberta (commonly known as the cabinet) is made up of members of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party which holds a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Executive Council of Alberta (commonly known as the cabinet) is made up of members of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party which holds a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ...

Dr. Oberg was appointed Minister of Family and Social Services in March 1997,gave the pharmacies big troubles by cutting off $2.00 from payments to prescriptions. Over the next two years, he oversaw the move of children’s services and services for persons with developmental disabilities to community-based delivery. He launched a western Canadian initiative to address Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and implemented an interprovincial strategy to share resources and develop new and better approaches for addressing FAS. As part of the Alberta Children’s Agenda, he introduced the Alberta Child Health Benefit Program and played a key role in the development of the Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution Act. A thin upper lip and a smooth philtrum are signs of FAS Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is an umbrella term used to describe fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and the less noticeable, but sometimes equally serious, fetal alcohol effects (FAE). ...

In May 1999, Dr. Oberg was appointed Minister of Learning, a post he held until November 2004. During that time,he gave teachers hard times , he also served as a member of Treasury Board and as the Minister responsible for immigration. Dr. Oberg was an active member of the Canadian Ministers of Education and led the Canadian delegation to an International Group of Eight (G8) Education Ministers meeting. He oversaw the creation of Alberta’s Commission on Learning and implemented many of its recommendations, including the reduction of provincial class sizes. He began the second language initiative in Alberta schools to give students an edge in the world marketplace and initiated the development of the daily physical activity program to improve the health of Alberta students.

In March of 2000, after a protest-marred sitting of the legislature during which the contentious Bill 11 (the "Health Care Protection Act") passed into law, Dr. Oberg confronted a group of protesters at a pub near the legislature. An argument ensued, with Oberg asking one of the protesters what level of education she had achieved. When the girl responded that she was currently an undergraduate student, Dr. Oberg replied that he was a "fucking doctor." Dr. Oberg than asked a another protester if the young man wanted to "take this outside." The pub's staff eventually were forced to call the police. Despite the presence of several other cabinet ministers and several members of the Edmonton news media, the incident—outside of a mention on 630 Ched's Lesley Primeau show—was not widely reported.

Following his re-election in the November 22, 2004, election, Dr. Oberg was appointed Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation.

On March 22, 2006, Oberg was removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus and stripped from his ministerial position after making comments at a Strathmore-Brooks Constituency Association annual general meeting urging the membership not to support Alberta Premier Ralph Klein in a crucial leadership vote at the March 2006 AGM of the party. Before this, Oberg was considering resigning his ministerial portfolio in June 2006 as per Premier Klein's directive regarding leadership candidates. March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A caucus is most generally defined as being a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement. ... Strathmore-Brooks is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. ... An Annual General Meeting, commonly abbreviated as AGM, also known as the annual meeting, is a meeting that official bodies and associations involving the public are often required by law (In what country?) to hold. ... Ralph Klein The Premier of Alberta is the first minister for the Canadian province of Alberta. ... Ralph Phillip Klein MLA (born November 1, 1942), leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservatives, is the current premier of the Canadian province of Alberta. ...

Oberg is currently running for the leadership of the Progressive Consevative Party. He was re-admitted to caucus on July 25, 2006. Oberg's expulsion from cabinet and caucus does not seem to have negatively affected his campaign. Recent polls have him in a close second place behind perceived front-runner, [[Jim Dinning However, his status and judgement have been serverely question due to a bizare accusation and press conference that Oberg orchestrated on October 25/26. His accusations of political dirty tricks turned out to be unfounded , as did his accusations of "knowing where the skeletons are" just 6 months earlier. Former collegue Dave Hancock descibed the credibility shattering events as "Classic Lyle" . Columnists in the Journal and the Herald have now desribed him as "toast" , "done like dinner" and "the star his own meltdown"

External links

• Lyle Oberg Biography
• Lyle Oberg sits as an Independent Edmonton Journal
• Lyle Oberg's Official Website