Neil Webber
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =P. Neil Webber
| smallimage =
| caption =
| birth_name=Patrick Neil Webber
| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1936|4|17}}
| birth_place =Hanna, Alberta
| residence =
| office1 = MLA for Calgary-Bow
| term_start1 =1975
| term_end1 = 1989
| predecessor1 = Roy Wilson
| successor1 = Bonnie Laing
| party =Progressive Conservative
| religion =
| occupation =educator, former politician
| alma_mater=
| relations=Len Webber (son)
}}
Patrick Neil Webber (born April 17, 1936) is a former provincial level politician and cabinet minister from Alberta, Canada.
Political career
Born in 1936 in Hanna, Alberta,{{cite book|title=Who's who in the West|author=Who, W.|date=1996|publisher=Marquis-Who's Who.|isbn=9780837909264|issn=0083-9817|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cOwTAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=2015-04-08}} Webber was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1975 Alberta general election to pick up the electoral district of Calgary-Bow for the Progressive Conservatives. Webber defeated incumbent Roy Wilson who held the district for Social Credit.
Webber was re-elected to his second term in office with a landslide majority in the 1979 Alberta general election. He defeated four other candidates winning well over 70% of the popular vote. Webber won his third term in office in the 1982 Alberta general election. In this election he defeated four other candidates winning the highest popular vote of his political career.
Webber was re-elected to his fourth and final term in the 1986 Alberta general election. He defeated Scott Jeffry from the NDP and two other candidates in his most closely contested election since he came to office in 1975. He retired from office in 1989.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=19&Constit=Calgary-Bow|title=Calgary-Bow and Calgary Bowness election results|publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation|accessdate=2008-02-20|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612155619/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=19&Constit=Calgary-Bow|archivedate=2011-06-12}}
During his time in office, Webber was appointed to the provincial cabinet as Minister of Community Health.{{Cite hansard | url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/isys/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_23/session_4/19960506_1330_01_han.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604234255/https://www.assembly.ab.ca/isys/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_23/session_4/19960506_1330_01_han.pdf|archive-date=4 Jun 2011|title=Legislative Assembly of Alberta | house = Legislative Assembly of Alberta | date=May 6, 1996 | page=883}}
His son Len Webber served as the former Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Calgary Confederation.{{cite web|url=http://www.lenwebber.ca/aboutlen.php|title=About Len Webber|publisher=Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|author=Len Webber|accessdate=2008-03-08|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922225940/http://www.lenwebber.ca/aboutlen.php|archivedate=2008-09-22}}
Upon retirement, Webber founded Webber Academy.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101026192825/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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title=MLA Calgary-Bow|
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Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs
Category:Members of the Executive Council of Alberta
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta