Shawn Patience
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Shawn Patience is the current mayor of Fort Macleod, Alberta
, a town of 3 100 in Southern Alberta
, Canada
. He was elected to his first term in office in 2004. In the latest Alberta Municipal Elections, on October 15, 2007, he defeated challenger Susan Koots with 650 votes to her 250 votes. In his first term in office, Patience put forward a strong bid which landed Fort Macleod with the $110 000 000 Alberta Police and Peace Officer Training Center
, to be completed in 2010. He also guided the town through an important highway realignment, making Fort Macleod the only municipality between Calgary
and the Coutts Border Crossing with the land and permission to build commercial properties along the new highway. He has recently announced he will seek the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta nomination in the Livingstone-Macleod
Electoral District in the next provincial election, replacing Dave Coutts, who has announced he will be retiring before the next Alberta Provincial Election.
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, a town of 3 100 in Southern Alberta
Southern Alberta
Southern Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of the year 2004, the region's population was approximately 272,017. The primary cities are Lethbridge and Medicine Hat...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. He was elected to his first term in office in 2004. In the latest Alberta Municipal Elections, on October 15, 2007, he defeated challenger Susan Koots with 650 votes to her 250 votes. In his first term in office, Patience put forward a strong bid which landed Fort Macleod with the $110 000 000 Alberta Police and Peace Officer Training Center
Alberta Police and Peace Officer Training Center
The Alberta Police and Peace Officer Training Centre is a $300,000,000 single-site training facility that will be built in Fort Macleod, Alberta, by fall of 2010...
, to be completed in 2010. He also guided the town through an important highway realignment, making Fort Macleod the only municipality between Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
and the Coutts Border Crossing with the land and permission to build commercial properties along the new highway. He has recently announced he will seek the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta nomination in the Livingstone-Macleod
Livingstone-Macleod
Livingstone-Macleod is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current districts in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....
Electoral District in the next provincial election, replacing Dave Coutts, who has announced he will be retiring before the next Alberta Provincial Election.