Please answer the following question: Facts: - successor: brian jean brian storseth - party: reform conservative -lrb- 2003-2006 -rrb- -lrb- 1993-2000 -rrb- canadian alliance -lrb- 2000-2003 -rrb- - predecessor: jack shields first member - office: member westlock -- st. paul of parliament for athabasca member of parliament for - term end: 2004 2006 - term start: 1993 2004 - birth date: april 15 , 1946 - name: david chatters - birth place: westlock , alberta Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of david chatters .
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david cameron chatters -lrb- born april 15 , 1946 in westlock , alberta -rrb- is a canadian politician .he was a member of the canadian house of commons from 1993 to 2006 , representing the riding of athabasca until the 2004 election , after which he represented westlock -- st. paul .chatters , formerly a farmer and rancher , was first elected as a member of the reform party of canada -lrb- 1993 -- 2000 -rrb- , which became the canadian alliance in 2000 , which became the conservative party of canada in 2003 .for over 10 years , he was the senior opposition critic for natural resources and was a deputy whip of the official opposition .he was the chair of the standing committee on access to information , privacy , and ethics , but health reasons made chatters retire at the 2006 election .in may 1996 , he was suspended from the reform party caucus for asserting , in the wake of the delwin vriend case on lgbt human rights , that schools should have the right to fire openly gay teachers .another caucus colleague who had made a similar comment , bob ringma , was suspended at the same time ; a third caucus colleague , jan brown , was also suspended at the same time for publicly criticizing chatters and ringma .all three were readmitted to the reform caucus by september of that year .