Original sentence: Following his election, Rob was appointed as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Solicitor General & Minister of Public Security.He was also named to the Standing and Cabinet Policy Committees on Public Safety & Services, as well as the Private Bills Committee.His duties as Parliamentary Assistant have included: overseeing stakeholder consultations toward developing Alberta’s new Law Enforcement Framework; conducting industry consultations for and sponsoring the Security Services and Investigators Act (2008); sponsoring the Alberta Gaming & Liquor Amendment Act (2009); and chairing the MLA Advisory Committee on Distribution of Casino Proceeds to Licensed Charities (2009).Rob was also the writer and sponsor of a Private Members Bill, the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure (Third Party Advertising) Amendment Act (2009), which strengthens Alberta’s electoral process by regulating third party election advertising in the same manner as political parties.Rob was elected to his first term in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as the Member for Airdrie-Chestermere on March 3, 2008
Edited sentence: Anderson first sought public office in the 2008 provincial election in the constituency of Airdrie-Chestermere.He also currently serves as a member of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and Services and the Standing Committee on Private Bills.In that election, Anderson received 63% of the vote and a 7012 vote margin of victory, which was the most votes of any constituency south of Edmonton and came in 4th in the province behind only Premier Stelmach (Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville), Minister David Hancock (Edmonton-Whitemud) and MLA Dave Quest (Strathcona - which borders Premier Stelmach's constituency).On March 12, 2008, Anderson was appointed as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Solicitor General and Minister of Public Security