Clifford N. Breitkreuz (born July 30, 1940 near

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, Canada). He was raised on a

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and lived there until he left to earn his

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degrees (a B.A. from the

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and a B.Ed. from the

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). In 1967 he returned to farming, and started teaching at Onoway Junior/Senior High School not long after that. He taught for 7 years and later was elected as a member of parliament for Yellowhead for two terms (from 1993 to 2000). He was a winning candidate in the 2004 Alberta Senatorial Election and as such was a senator-in-waiting pending a vacant Alberta

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(and a prime minister willing to honor the non-binding election). Breitkruez term as a senator-in-waiting expired with the

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in which he did not re-offer as a candidate. He still farms with his wife, Shirley.

References

Cliff Breitkreuz's Web Page

External links

* 1940 births Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta Reform Party of Canada MPs People from Lac Ste. Anne County Canadian senators-in-waiting from Alberta {{Alberta-politician-stub