26 Facts About Kent Hehr

Kent Hehr was born on December 16,1969 and is a Canadian politician from Alberta.

Kent Hehr served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Calgary Centre from 2015 to 2019.

Kent Hehr resigned from cabinet on January 25,2018, after allegations of workplace misconduct surfaced from when he was the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Buffalo.

Kent Hehr had a goal of becoming a physical education teacher.

However, on October 3,1991, Kent Hehr was shot as a bystander in a drive-by shooting.

Kent Hehr was rendered a C5 quadriplegic; he is paralyzed from the chest down.

Kent Hehr's injuries ended his plans, and instead Hehr pursued post-secondary studies at Mount Royal College and then at the University of Calgary, from which he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Canadian Studies and a Bachelor of Laws.

Kent Hehr became active in the community, leading various groups, such as the Alberta branch of the Canadian Paraplegic Association.

Kent Hehr has been active in numerous community groups within Calgary.

Kent Hehr has served on the following boards in the past few years:.

In June 2006, Kent Hehr won the Liberal nomination for Calgary-Buffalo, in the heart of downtown Calgary.

Kent Hehr was elected to the legislature in the March 3,2008 general election.

Kent Hehr campaigned for mayor in the 2010 Calgary municipal election but withdrew a month before the vote to endorse Naheed Nenshi.

In 2014, Kent Hehr proposed a private member's bill into the Alberta Legislature that would urge public schools to support students who wished to create gay-straight alliances.

Kent Hehr put pressure on the government to help reduce these numbers.

Kent Hehr started by calling on the province to increase the number of police officers on the beat in downtown Calgary.

On July 17,2014, following some speculation, Kent Hehr announced he would seek the Liberal nomination in Calgary Centre for the 2015 federal election.

At the October 19,2015 election, Kent Hehr defeated Crockatt by 750 votes.

Alongside Calgary Skyview member of Parliament Darshan Kang, who was elected the same evening, Kent Hehr became the first Liberal elected in Calgary since Pat Mahoney in 1968.

Kent Hehr was appointed Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence in Justin Trudeau's first cabinet on November 4,2015.

In November 2017, it was reported that the Ethics Commissioner was investigating Kent Hehr following accusations that he used Parliamentary Resources to help his father campaign for a seat on the Calgary Board of Education.

In December 2017, Kent Hehr was accused of making insensitive remarks to a group of thalidomide survivors.

Kent Hehr apologized for the first incident, saying that while he did not remember meeting the woman, he realized that he had made her uncomfortable.

Kent Hehr lost his seat to Conservative Greg McLean in the 2019 federal election, losing over half of his vote from 2015.

On September 6,2021, Global News reported that Kent Hehr would be filing nomination papers to run for mayor in the 2021 Calgary municipal election, which was scheduled for October 18.

Kent Hehr had previously argued that they should not be released over privacy concerns.