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Bruce H. McAllister (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian politician who is an elected member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Chestermere-Rocky View.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wildrose MLA Bruce McAllister )〕〔(Alberta Election 2012: Riding-by-riding results )〕 After the 2012 Alberta election, McAllister along with 16 other Wildrose MLAs formed the Official Opposition. Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith appointed McAllister as Education and Advanced Education Critic.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bruce McAllister biography )〕 After completing a diploma in broadcast journalism from Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario, McAllister has had a lengthy career in broadcast journalism, working in cities across the country – including Halifax, Winnipeg, Medicine Hat, and Victoria.〔〔("Former Global News Anchor runs for Wildrose Party..." ) ''Puget Sound Radio.com'', April 10, 2012.〕 From 2004 to autumn 2011 (immediately prior to running in the 2012 provincial election)〔 he was co-anchor of the morning news program on Global Calgary.〔("Bruce McAllister joins Alberta Wildrose" ) Global Calgary, October 14, 2011.〕 While Bruce was a popular news reader, Global Calgary was unsuccessful in negotiating a new contract with McAllister and as such he was terminated on September 9, 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Local Resident Wont Be Smiling Face )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=For Those Wondering About Bruce )〕 Bruce became a Wildrose party member after just a month of looking for work.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bruce McAllister joins Alberta Wildrose )〕 McAllister was avid critic of the long seated Alberta PC party and he was particularly effective in criticism of the PC governments lack of education reform.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Full Day Kindergarten In Alberta Another Broken PC Promise )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Infrastructure announcements are ‘blatant electioneering' )〕 In the 2012 fall Legislative session as a member of the Wildrose party, McAllister brought forward amendments to the ''Education Act'' that would have ended school fees for mandatory curriculum activities, and would have guaranteed the rights of teachers to grade students with a zero where warranted.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MLAs toss Education Act amendments )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alberta Tories are not listening to parents and teachers: Wildrose Party )〕 On December 17, 2014, he was one of nine Wildrose MLAs who defected from the Wildrose party and crossed the floor to join the Alberta Progressive Conservative caucus.〔("9 Wildrose MLAs, including Danielle Smith, cross to Alberta Tories" ). CBC News, December 17, 2014.〕 On December 18, 2014, the President of the Chestermere-Rocky View PC constituency association said that "...people in our constituency right now that are lost. They are dumbfounded..."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Grassroots Tories ‘in shock’ after Wildrose floor-crossings )〕 By February however, Bruce was soon welcomed by PC Party leadership in Edmonton as one of their own even though local support remained questionable.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wildrose defectors gain support from high-level Tories, angering opponents in PC nomination races )〕 In March 2015, in the pre-writ period of that year's election, Bruce had two declared competitors for the riding of Chestermere-Rocky View. One was Jamie Lall, a long time PC party member and local resident, competing against McAllister for the PC nomination.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Me: Jamie Lall )〕 The other was Leela Aheer, who was running as the Wildrose candidate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Wildrose Candidate for Chestermere-Rocky View )〕 While some in the PC party continued to be critical of Bruce's decision to change parties without a democratic process, he remained confident in his decision; “Although I can’t speak for all of them, those people that wrote cheques and supported me as a Wildrose MLA, to the large degree, those same people will be writing cheques for me as a PC MLA".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alberta Political Shake Up of 2014 )〕 In February 2015 several high profile PC party members including the Premier came to Chestermere with Bruce in campaign-style event that was geared to supporting the local PC party including Bruce.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Premier Prentice Visits Chestermere )〕 On March 23, 2015 Bruce McAllister voted in favour of the Tories' 2015–16 Alberta budget which contained the largest cumulative tax increase and the largest annual budget deficit in Alberta history.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tough news budget hikes taxes, includes layoffs and record deficit )〕 On March 28, 2015 Bruce's only competition for the PC nomination, Jamie Lall,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=PCer Jamie Lall says he was approved for Chestermere-Rocky View then disallowed for no reason )〕 was disqualified under mysterious circumstances.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bruce McAllister acclaimed as PC candidate after Jamie Lall disallowed )〕 McAllister was defeated in the 2015 election by Wildrose candidate Leela Aheer. ==Electoral history== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bruce McAllister (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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