Rob Altemeyer is a politician in

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, Canada. He was a member of the

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from 2003 to 2019. Altemeyer has long been involved in social justice and environmental issues in the Winnipeg area. He was responsible for implementing a recycling program at the University of Manitoba, and was one of the founders of the

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(an internationally respected educational program) while still a student. Altemeyer served a two-year term on the

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, and has taken part in a variety of activities in the

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. In 1998, he organized an anti-globalization study group known as ''Beyond McWorld''. Altemeyer has also been involved in the Wolseley Neighbourhood Advisory Committee, which is involved in over two dozen local capital improvement projects. Prior to the 2003 provincial election, he served as an assistant to

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(NDP) Cabinet Minister Tim Sale. In the 2003 general election, Altemeyer was elected to the provincial legislature as a New Democrat for the centre-Winnipeg riding of Wolseley. He received 3482 votes, against 1193 for his nearest competitor,

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leader

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. He was re-elected in the

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, 2011, and 2016 provincial elections. He did not run for re-election in 2019.

Biography

Altemeyer was born and raised in

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, and was educated at the

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degree in

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and a

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in Natural Resource Management. He also played college baseball for two years in

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, on an athletic scholarship. Rob Altemeyer is the son of Canadian psychologist

Bob Altemeyer Robert Anthony Altemeyer (born 6 June 1940) is a retired Professor of Psychology at the University of Manitoba. Altemeyer also produced the right-wing authoritarianism scale, or RWA Scale, as well as the related left-wing authoritarianism scale, ...

Electoral record

References

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