Robert "Rob" Anders (born April 1, 1972, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian politician. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada and has represented the riding of Calgary West since 1997. He is currently Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Motto: Template:Unhide = Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Location City Information Established: 1738 (Fort Rouge), 1873 (City of Winnipeg) Area: 465. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Conservative Party of Canada (French: Parti conservateur du Canada), colloquially known as the Tories, is a right-of-centre political party in Canada, formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in December 2003. ... In the British Isles since Anglo-Saxon times, a riding is traditionally a sub-division (especially in three) of a county, in Australia analogous. ... For the provincial electoral district, see Calgary West (provincial electoral district) Calgary West is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Anders graduated from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. Before being elected he had worked in the United States for the Republican Party for the 1994 senate campaign of Jim Inhofe in Oklahoma as a professional heckler. This earned him the label of "a foreign political saboteur" from CNN.[1] Before 1997 he had also served as the director of Canadians Against Forced Unionism, an organization related to the National Citizens Coalition. The University of Calgary is a public university located in the north-western quadrant of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... Political science is the field of the social sciences concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... GOP redirects here. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... James Mountain Jim Inhofe (born November 17, 1934) is an ultraconservative American politician from Oklahoma. ... Official language(s) None Capital Oklahoma City Largest city Oklahoma City Area  Ranked 20th  - Total 69,960 sq mi (181,196 km²)  - Width 230 miles (370 km)  - Length 298 miles (fBlack Mesa Mountain]][2] km)  - % water 1. ... A heckler is a person who shouts an uninvited comment, usually disparaging, at a performance or event, or interrupting set-piece speeches, for example at a political meeting. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Citizens Coalition is a Canadian libertarian-conservative lobby group. ...

He is also a former member of the Reform Party (1997-2000) and the Canadian Alliance (2000-2003). He is a former Official Opposition Critic for National Defence and former Co-Chair of the Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations. The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party founded in 1987. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The Canadian Alliance, formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance, was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Anders is perhaps best known for being the sole parliamentarian to vote against making Nelson Mandela an honorary citizen of Canada in 2001. This prevented the act from passing unanimously. He defended his actions by stating that Mandela was a communist and a terrorist, causing widespread criticism.[2] As a result, during the past two federal elections, Anders has been the target of a non-partisan "Vote Out Rob Anders" campaign in his riding. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (IPA ) (born July 18, 1918) was the first President of South Africa to be elected in fully-representative democratic elections. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... Terrorist redirects here. ...

Current Prime Minister Stephen Harper has indicated his support of Anders, stating that "Rob is a true reformer and a true conservative. He has been a faithful supporter of mine and I am grateful for his work."[3] This article is becoming very long. ...

Anders has devoted his time to a variety of organizations. Some of these include right-wing lobby groups and think tanks such as the Fraser Institute, Focus on the Family, the Canada Family Action Coalition, and to several causes opposing the Government of China's policies regarding Tibet and Falun Gong. In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... The Fraser Institute is a fiscally conservative Canadian think tank. ... Focus on the Family (FOTF or FotF), founded in 1977, is a Christian non-profit organization based in the United States. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Falun Gong, (Traditional Chinese: 法輪功, Simplified Chinese: 法轮功; pinyin: Fǎlún Gōng; literally Practice of the Wheel of Law) also known as Falun Dafa, (Traditional Chinese: 法輪大法, Simplified Chinese: 法轮大法; pinyin: Fǎlún dàfǎ; lit. ...

In 2003, he voted for a Bloc Québécois proposition which stated that the Québécois forment a nation and could withdraw from any federal initiative. He was the only non-Québécois to vote for this proposition. The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada that is devoted to the promotion of sovereignty for Quebec. ...

External links

• Official Site
• Vote Out Rob Anders a site dedicated to those opposed to Anders re-election
• How'd They Vote?: Rob Anders' voting history and quotes

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	Alberta Caucus serving in the 39th Canadian Parliament.
Senators	Tommy Banks (Lib), Joyce Fairbairn (Lib), Daniel Hays (Lib), Elaine McCoy (PC), Grant Mitchell (Lib), Claudette Tardif (Lib)
Members of Parliament	Diane Ablonczy (Con), Rona Ambrose (Con), Rob Anders (Con), Leon Benoit (Con), Blaine Calkins (Con), Rick Casson (Con), Ken Epp (Con), Peter Goldring (Con), Art Hanger (Con), Stephen Harper (Con), Laurie Hawn (Con), Rahim Jaffer (Con), Brian Jean (Con), Jason Kenney (Con), Mike Lake (Con), Ted Menzies (Con), Rob Merrifield (Con), Bob Mills (Con), Deepak Obhrai (Con), Jim Prentice (Con), James Rajotte (Con), Lee Richardson (Con), Monte Solberg (Con), Kevin Sorenson (Con), Brian Storseth (Con), Myron Thompson (Con), Chris Warkentin (Con), John Williams (Con)