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bruce mcallister -lrb- politician -rrb-

bruce h. mcallister -lrb- born march 27 , 1971 -rrb- is a canadian politician who is an elected member to the legislative assembly of alberta representing the electoral district of chestermere-rocky view .
after the 2012 alberta election , mcallister along with 16 other wildrose mlas formed the official opposition .
wildrose leader danielle smith appointed mcallister as education and advanced education critic .
after completing a diploma in broadcast journalism from loyalist college in belleville , ontario , mcallister has had a lengthy career in broadcast journalism , working in cities across the country -- including halifax , winnipeg , medicine hat , and victoria .
from 2004 to autumn 2011 -lrb- immediately prior to running in the 2012 provincial election -rrb- he was co-anchor of the morning news program on global calgary .
while bruce was a popular news reader , global calgary was unsuccessful in negotiating a new contract with mcallister and as such he was terminated on september 9 , 2011 .
bruce became a wildrose party member after just a month of looking for work .
mcallister was avid critic of the long seated alberta pc party and he was particularly effective in criticism of the pc governments lack of education reform .
in the 2012 fall legislative session as a member of the wildrose party , mcallister brought forward amendments to the `` education act '' that would have ended school fees for mandatory curriculum activities , and would have guaranteed the rights of teachers to grade students with a zero where warranted .
on december 17 , 2014 , he was one of nine wildrose mlas who defected from the wildrose party and crossed the floor to join the alberta progressive conservative caucus .
on december 18 , 2014 , the president of the chestermere-rocky view pc constituency association said that '' ... people in our constituency right now that are lost .
they are dumbfounded ... '' by february however , bruce was soon welcomed by pc party leadership in edmonton as one of their own even though local support remained questionable .
in march 2015 , in the pre-writ period of that year 's election , bruce had two declared competitors for the riding of chestermere-rocky view .
one was jamie lall , a long time pc party member and local resident , competing against mcallister for the pc nomination .
the other was leela aheer , who was running as the wildrose candidate .
while some in the pc party continued to be critical of bruce 's decision to change parties without a democratic process , he remained confident in his decision ; `` although i ca n't speak for all of them , those people that wrote cheques and supported me as a wildrose mla , to the large degree , those same people will be writing cheques for me as a pc mla '' .
in february 2015 several high profile pc party members including the premier came to chestermere with bruce in campaign-style event that was geared to supporting the local pc party including bruce .
on march 23 , 2015 bruce mcallister voted in favour of the tories ' 2015 -- 16 alberta budget which contained the largest cumulative tax increase and the largest annual budget deficit in alberta history .
on march 28 , 2015 bruce 's only competition for the pc nomination , jamie lall , was disqualified under mysterious circumstances .
mcallister was defeated in the 2015 election by wildrose candidate leela aheer .
