Jonathan Joseph Lord (December 29, 1956 – March 25, 2014) was a Canadian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from Alberta, Canada.
Lord was born Jonathan Joseph Brown in Calgary and raised in on a homestead in rural Central Alberta. Lord started his first business at age 18 (A Appolo Painting - named as such so that it would be listed in the first page of the phone book) and has owned and operated small businesses ever since. As a young adult, Brown, a diehard fan of the band Deep Purple, changed his surname to Lord as a tribute to one of their founders, Jon Lord. Lord attended the University of Alberta studying Business Administration and Commerce (first class standing). He then established Casablanca Video in Calgary, which became the 11-time Readers Choice Award Winner as Calgary's best Video Rental outlet (FFWD magazine). Casablanca was honoured as one of four finalists for Alberta Small Business of the Year, Premier's Award, Alberta Chamber of Commerce in 2007 and in 2012 was still open as one of Canada's oldest surviving video rental outlets[citation needed]. Casablanca is well known in the community for its support of volunteer charities and local community initiatives.[citation needed] In 1985, Lord was the Founding Chairman of one of Alberta's first Business Revitalization Zones (BRZ) which named the district "Marda Loop" in 1985.[citation needed] Lord was Founding Chairman of Alberta's first BRZ Summerfestival which they named Marda Loop "Marda Gras" summer festival, first held in 1985. Lord became the Founding Chairman of the Federation of Business Revitalization Zones (FedBRZ), representing all the provincial BRZs in the Province of Alberta, encompassing about 5000 mostly small businesses.[citation needed]
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Lord ran for Calgary City Council in 1995, and was elected as Alderman for Ward 8 for two consecutive terms. Lord introduced ISO14000 while on Council, now the basis of the City's environmental planning policies.[1]
In the 2001 Alberta election, Lord was the Progressive Conservative candidate for the electoral district of Calgary-Currie and was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Lord served on many MLA committees, including Chair of the School Construction and Operating Costs, which identified potential saving of 25% in new school building costs, Chair of the Secondary Suites Review Committee which established building codes for secondary suites under the Alberta Building Codes for the first time[citation needed], Chair of Special Places 2000 which finalized the designation as environmentally protected of nearly 7000 km2 of provincial land and created over 60 new provincial parks[citation needed]. He also served on the Alberta's Place within Confederation Committee. Lord was one of three MLAs who requested and formed the so-called Dumb Rules committee, aimed at reducing red tape and government inefficiencies.
In the 2010 Calgary election Lord came in fifth place of 17 candidates who had not dropped out, and was selected as "Best Choice" for Calgary Mayor by the Foundation for Democratic Advancement[2] in a 96-page audit of mayoral candidates. Lord spent $40,000 in this election in which most top finishers spent over $300,000 - one spent $1 million, but also did not win. The election was won by Naheed Nenshi with reported expenditures of $404,000.
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The neutrality of this article is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met August 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Jonathan Joseph Lord December 29 1956 March 25 2014 was a Canadian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from Alberta Canada Jon LordMember of the Legislative Assembly of AlbertaIn office 2001 2004Preceded byJocelyn BurgenerSucceeded byDave TaylorConstituencyCalgary CurriePersonal detailsBorn 1956 12 29 December 29 1956Calgary AlbertaDiedMarch 25 2014 2014 03 25 aged 57 Calgary AlbertaNationalityCanadianPolitical partyProgressive Conservative Association of AlbertaSpouse s Patricia DeCecco Lord 1993 2008 Partner Sheryl GuillaumeChildrenAmanda DeCecco Kolebaba Michelle DeCecco Katie DeCecco Jessica ErenResidenceCalgaryOccupationbusinessman Contents 1 Early life 2 Political career 3 Death 4 References 5 External linksEarly life editLord was born Jonathan Joseph Brown in Calgary and raised in on a homestead in rural Central Alberta Lord started his first business at age 18 A Appolo Painting named as such so that it would be listed in the first page of the phone book and has owned and operated small businesses ever since As a young adult Brown a diehard fan of the band Deep Purple changed his surname to Lord as a tribute to one of their founders Jon Lord Lord attended the University of Alberta studying Business Administration and Commerce first class standing He then established Casablanca Video in Calgary which became the 11 time Readers Choice Award Winner as Calgary s best Video Rental outlet FFWD magazine Casablanca was honoured as one of four finalists for Alberta Small Business of the Year Premier s Award Alberta Chamber of Commerce in 2007 and in 2012 was still open as one of Canada s oldest surviving video rental outlets citation needed Casablanca is well known in the community for its support of volunteer charities and local community initiatives citation needed In 1985 Lord was the Founding Chairman of one of Alberta s first Business Revitalization Zones BRZ which named the district Marda Loop in 1985 citation needed Lord was Founding Chairman of Alberta s first BRZ Summerfestival which they named Marda Loop Marda Gras summer festival first held in 1985 Lord became the Founding Chairman of the Federation of Business Revitalization Zones FedBRZ representing all the provincial BRZs in the Province of Alberta encompassing about 5000 mostly small businesses citation needed Political career editLord ran for Calgary City Council in 1995 and was elected as Alderman for Ward 8 for two consecutive terms Lord introduced ISO14000 while on Council now the basis of the City s environmental planning policies 1 In the 2001 Alberta election Lord was the Progressive Conservative candidate for the electoral district of Calgary Currie and was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly MLA Lord served on many MLA committees including Chair of the School Construction and Operating Costs which identified potential saving of 25 in new school building costs Chair of the Secondary Suites Review Committee which established building codes for secondary suites under the Alberta Building Codes for the first time citation needed Chair of Special Places 2000 which finalized the designation as environmentally protected of nearly 7000 km2 of provincial land and created over 60 new provincial parks citation needed He also served on the Alberta s Place within Confederation Committee Lord was one of three MLAs who requested and formed the so called Dumb Rules committee aimed at reducing red tape and government inefficiencies In the 2004 Alberta election Lord was defeated by Dave Taylor of the Liberals In the 2010 Calgary election Lord came in fifth place of 17 candidates who had not dropped out and was selected as Best Choice for Calgary Mayor by the Foundation for Democratic Advancement 2 in a 96 page audit of mayoral candidates Lord spent 40 000 in this election in which most top finishers spent over 300 000 one spent 1 million but also did not win The election was won by Naheed Nenshi with reported expenditures of 404 000 Lord ran for the Conservative nomination for the Calgary Centre by election held in late 2012 3 Lord ran in the 2013 Calgary civic election for mayor He gained 21 of the popular votes and lost to incumbent Naheed Nenshi 4 He was Chairman of BBQ on the Bow Canada s oldest Kansas City Barbeque Society sanctioned barbecue competition Death editLord died of a heart attack at his home in Calgary on March 25 2014 He was 57 5 6 References edit THE CITY OF CALGARY S ENVIROSYSTEM ANNUAL REPORT 2003 PDF Archived from the original PDF on September 28 2013 Retrieved September 5 2012 Foundation for Democratic Advancement Better Campaigner Wins Calgary Mayoral Election Foundationfordemocraticadvancement blogspot ca 19 October 2010 Retrieved 5 September 2012 Former alderman Jon Lord to seek federal seat Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 25 June 2012 Retrieved 29 July 2012 Naheed Nenshi re elected as Calgary Mayor Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 21 October 2013 Retrieved 25 October 2013 Jon Lord former Calgary alderman MLA dies of heart attack CBC News Former Calgary alderman Jon Lord dies of a heart attack Retrieved 26 March 2014 Calgary Mayoral election results 2010 Calgary municipal election candidate finance disclosures Jon Lord backgrounder Jon Lord dies of heart attackExternal links editJon Lord homepage Jon Lord s old constituency pagePolitical officesPreceded byBarbara Ann Scott Calgary Alderman Ward 81995 2001 Succeeded byMadeleine KingLegislative Assembly of AlbertaPreceded byJocelyn Burgener MLA Calgary Currie2001 2004 Succeeded byDave Taylor Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jon Lord politician amp oldid 1064546436, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
