1. David Eggen is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, in 2019 he was elected as the member representing Edmonton-North West.
18 Facts About David Eggen
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In 2014, Eggen ran in the NDP leadership election, where he placed second.
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David Eggen is the longest current member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
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David Eggen then went to Zimbabwe, where he taught for three years, after which he returned to Edmonton, where he taught at local schools from 1990 to 2004.
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David Eggen coached a wide variety of sports for high school and community teams.
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David Eggen volunteered as an animator at Fort Edmonton Park.
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David Eggen has worked in health care as an executive director of Friends of Medicare, and was a member of the Canadian Health Coalition's board of directors.
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David Eggen acted provincial trustee with the Forum for Young Albertans and a chair leader of the Canadian Paraplegic Association.
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David Eggen was a member of the Diversity, Equity and Human Rights committee for the Alberta Teachers' Association and an amateur musician.
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David Eggen was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as a New Democrat in the 2004 Alberta general election, narrowly defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative Brent Rathgeber.
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David Eggen's victory was widely attributed to a two-year canvassing campaign in the run-up to the election.
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David Eggen served as the NDP's critic for Agriculture and Food, Environment, K-12 Education, Sustainable Resource Development, and Tourism and Culture.
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David Eggen was defeated in the 2008 election by Progressive Conservative Doug Elniski.
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David Eggen regained his seat in the 2012 provincial election and retained it with a greatly increased margin in the 2015 election.
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David Eggen maintained his position as Minister of Education until the 2019 election but was replaced by Ricardo Miranda as Minister of Culture and Tourism.
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David Eggen was sworn into Cabinet on May 24,2015 as part of the NDP government led by Rachel Notley.
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David Eggen was appointed as Minister of Education and Minister of Culture and Tourism.
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In fall 2015, David Eggen introduced Bill 8, a proposal to reform the collective bargaining structure for public school teachers in Alberta.