Bruce Miller | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Glenora | |
In office November 22, 2004 –March 3, 2008 | |
Preceded by | Drew Hutton |
Succeeded by | Heather Klimchuk |
Personal details | |
Political party | Alberta Liberal Party |
Residence(s) | Edmonton,Alberta |
Bruce Miller is a politician in Alberta,Canada and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the constituency of Edmonton-Glenora. He was first elected on November 22,2004 as a Liberal,but was defeated in his 2008 re-election bid by Progressive Conservative Heather Klimchuk.
He has had a notable career as a churchman,educator and community activist/advocate. He received the Queen's Jubilee award for community service in 2002. He co-founded the Alberta Quality of Life Commission in 1993,and served for many years as the Vice-President of the Mahatma Gandhi Canadian Foundation for World Peace.
As MLA,Miller served as the Deputy Whip of the Liberal Caucus,and authored a paper on reforming Alberta's welfare system. He was also a member of the Alberta Government's affordable housing task force,which travelled throughout Alberta in 2007 researching the issue of housing.
Miller has also been an advocate for the communities of Edmonton-Glenora. He has presented before Edmonton City Council and the Edmonton Public School Board,representing communities facing major redevelopment projects and the possibility of school closures.
Miller has also served on the Conflicts of Interest Act Review Committee and the Alberta Legislature's Policy Field Committee on Managing Growth Pressures.
Dr. Miller graduated from Carleton University with the B.A. degree in 1963. His graduate degrees include:M.Div. (1966) from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia;S.T.M (1967) from Union Theological Seminary in New York,and the Ph.D (1984) from the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. Dr. Miller also did doctoral studies at the Free University of Amsterdam in 1969–70.
From 1990 to the present he has been a Fellow of the Jesus Seminar,an international group of scholars focusing on the authentic words and deeds of Jesus.
From 2004 to the present he has been an Academic Advisor for Liberal Studies in the Faculty of Extension of the University of Alberta,and has taught courses such as "Will the real Jesus please stand up?" and "Symbols and Myths in Eastern Religions."
2008 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Glenora | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Heather Klimchuk | 4,604 | 39.90% | 11.22% | ||||
Liberal | Bruce Miller | 4,508 | 39.07% | 3.94% | ||||
New Democratic | Arlene Chapman | 1,743 | 15.11% | -15.81% | ||||
Green | Peter Johnston | 408 | 3.54% | 1.47% | ||||
Wildrose Alliance | Elden Van Hauwaert | 275 | 2.38% | – | ||||
Total | 11,538 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 36 | 20 | 2 | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 27,266 | 42.46% | -14.11% | |||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | -1.69% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "31 - Edmonton-Glenora, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020. The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 294–297. |
2004 Alberta general election results [1] | Turnout 56.72% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
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Liberal | Bruce Miller | 4,604 | 35.13% | -8.99% | ||
New Democratic | Larry Booi | 4,052 | 30.92% | 20.71% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Drew Hutton | 3,759 | 28.68% | -16.99% | ||
Alberta Alliance | Blaine Currie | 307 | 2.34% | |||
Green | Peter Johnston | 271 | 2.07% | * | ||
Social Credit | Walter Schachenhofer | 113 | 0.86% | |||
Total | 13,106 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 122 | |||||
23,320 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Liberal pickup from Progressive Conservative | Swing -14.85% |
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