David Cameron Chatters (April 15, 1946 – January 25, 2016) was a

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politician. He was a member of the

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from 1993 to 2006, representing the riding of Athabasca until the 2004 election, after which he represented Westlock—St. Paul. Born in

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, Chatters, formerly a farmer and rancher, was first elected as a member of the

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(1993–2000), which became the

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in 2000, which became the

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in 2003. For over 10 years, he was the Senior Opposition Critic for Natural Resources and was a Deputy Whip of the Official Opposition. He was the Chair of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics, but health reasons made Chatters retire at the 2006 election. In May 1996, he was suspended from the Reform Party caucus for asserting, in the wake of the

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case on

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human rights, that schools should have the right to fire openly gay teachers."Gay Rights Bill Passes"
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'', May 13, 1996. Another caucus colleague who had made a similar comment, Bob Ringma, was suspended at the same time; a third caucus colleague,

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, was also suspended at the same time for publicly criticizing Chatters and Ringma. All three were readmitted to the Reform caucus by September of that year. He died at the age of 69 on January 25, 2016. He had

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Electoral record

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How'd They Vote?: David Chatters' voting history and quotes
* 1946 births 2016 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta Reform Party of Canada MPs Canadian Alliance MPs Conservative Party of Canada MPs People from Westlock County 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada Deaths from pancreatic cancer in Canada 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Alberta-MP-stub