David Salmon is a politician from Alberta, Canada. He was born in Edmonton in 1953. He has been married for 36 years and has seven children and sixteen grandchildren.
David is a founding member of the Reform Party of Canada and the Reform Party of Alberta. He was the authorized agent for Senator Stan Waters, in Alberta's 1989 Senatorial nominee election. He was a member of Reform's executive council as National Policy Committee Chairman, and riding association president for Calgary North.
After the Reform Party of Canada became the Canadian Alliance, he was the Chief Electoral Officer in the Canadian Alliance's first leadership convention, and Vice-Chairman on the Canadian Alliance national council.
He took over the leadership of the Reform Party of Alberta from Preston Manning, and kept the party dormant. He has worked for the Progressive Conservatives during provincial elections, as a campaign volunteer.
After the Canadian Alliance merged into the Conservative Party of Canada, Salmon contested that party's nomination for in Calgary North Centre in 2004, but lost to Jim Prentice.
Aside from his political career, he is an active volunteer, and has won the Queens Jubilee Medal for Community Service. He has volunteered for 25 years with Scouts Canada, and is a minor basketball coach. He is also a rock climbing instructor.
He also has a small law firm "Salmon & Company", and has been self-employed for 30 years. He received his law degree from the University of Alberta in 1979.
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