17 Facts About Moe Amery

Mohammed Amery was a Canadian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Moe Amery represented the constituency of Calgary-East as a Progressive Conservative.

Moe Amery was born Mohammed Amiri in Lebanon on September 20,1954, and came to Canada in 1974.

Moe Amery studied at the University of Alberta from 1975 until 1977, after which time he relocated to Calgary to become a realtor until his election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in 1993.

Moe Amery was more successful in 1993, when he more than doubled Pashak's vote count in the newly formed Calgary-East.

Moe Amery was handily re-elected in each of the 1997,2001,2004, and 2008 elections.

In 1994, Moe Amery introduced two different bills called the Maintenance Enforcement Amendment Act.

Moe Amery introduced a number of private member's bills designed to extend primary education to include kindergarten, requiring school boards to provide it and making attendance compulsory.

In 1996, Moe Amery sponsored the Wildlife Amendment Act, a government bill that created a scientific committee to make recommendations on the designation of endangered and threatened species, expanded fish and wildlife agents' abilities to check for infractions of firearms regulations by hunters, and downloaded several government powers that had previously resided with the Lieutenant Governor by Order in Council to the Minister of Environmental Protection.

Moe Amery was the MLA representative on the City of Calgary's 2005 World Fair bid.

Moe Amery served as a member of the Standing Committee on the Economy, the Standing Committee on Private Bills, and the Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing.

Moe Amery broke with his party on several occasions regarding issues that mattered to his constituents.

In 2002, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police began investigating whether Moe Amery acted as guarantor for the passport application of a constituent who he had not known for the required two years.

In December 2017, Moe Amery announced that he would challenge sitting Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai for the nomination in Calgary Forest Lawn.

Moe Amery was married to Mary, and the couple has five children: Mickey, Lila, Leena, Laura, and Malaak.

Moe Amery was involved in his community, including the community associations in Calgary-East.

Moe Amery died on October 19,2023, at the age of 69.