Wayne Cao (Born Nguyễn Cao Cảo December 7, 1946) is a Canadian politician and current member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, where he represents the district of Calgary-Fort as a Progressive Conservative. He was first elected in the 1997 provincial election and has been re-elected four times since. He is perhaps best known as the sponsor of the legislation that led to the enshrining of Alberta. As of April 2008, he serves as the Legislatu...
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Wayne Cao (Born Nguyễn Cao Cảo December 7, 1946) is a Canadian politician and current member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, where he represents the district of Calgary-Fort as a Progressive Conservative. He was first elected in the 1997 provincial election and has been re-elected four times since. He is perhaps best known as the sponsor of the legislation that led to the enshrining of Alberta. As of April 2008, he serves as the Legislature's Deputy Speaker.
Cao was born December 7, 1946 in South Vietnam. He studied engineering, mathematics, and computing science in Saigon and at the University of Auckland and the University of Waterloo. After the Vietnam War, he came to California as a refugee - he boarded an American helicopter just before the fall of Saigon - and settled in Calgary in 1976. He worked for Shell Petroleum for twenty-six years before taking early retirement in 1997 to enter politics. During this time, he also lectured at the Southern Alberta Institute of...
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