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David Anber

Not notable

Delete Does not meet WP:BIO criteria: is not a political figure holding international, national or statewide/provincewide office, or a member of a national, state or provincial legislature. A junior wing of a party is not notable. HistoryBA 18:55, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

  • Keep I added David Anber after his term on the Canadian Alliance National Council had come to an end. Many Canadians were impressed with the work David did as a National Councillor.

National Council, for those of you who don't know, was the highest governing body of the party - a National board of directors of the 2nd largest political party in Canada (at the time).

Elected at age 21, David proposed the resolution, which Council approved, that gave the leader Stephen Harper the constitutional authority to move ahead with the merger process of the Conservative Party.

Not only was that merger highly newsworthy in Canada, but it led to the conditions which brought the Conservative Party to government, ironically on David's birthday this year.

Moreover, David has published many articles in the National Post (a Nationally read newspaper in Canada) as well as the Montreal Gazette. From the latter publication are quotations in this article on the subject of former prime minister Paul Martin.

I am not suggesting that he's highly renown, but in the spirit of Misplaced Pages, he qualifies as a young Canadian who is so immersed in politics, at such high levels, that someone may reasonably want to learn about him. That's what Misplaced Pages is for.

Finally, some of you might wonder why I have not submitted any other articles. Well, David was the first I had planned to submit and there were a few other names from their involvement in the Canadian Alliance who I was going to post, but I never got around to it. CLEAR POLI SCI JUNKIE 03:12, 27 April 2006 (UTC)


  • Keep I think that we should keep this article because it meets some basic thresholds for notoriety. We have to remember that Misplaced Pages is not just a place for VERY famous people but also a place for people of marginal importance if they have held a major political role, published in wide circulation or taken part in noteworthy events. I know History BA has been on a recent crusade of delete-campaigns, but we need to remember the following: Misplaced Pages would not be where it is today if every borderline case was deleted. Thankfully, Misplaced Pages has this information available for people who might want to know about a few "below the surface" details about the Unite the Right process in Canada. 24.43.87.250 16:23, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Delete He simply isn't notable. We wouldn't include every member of the council. The accomplishments listed seem relatively slight. Two letters to the editor, a motion passed at council to support the premise that the party was built upon (and which user 24.43.87.250 noted was an ongoing process in the article). As for his age, the McGill link in the article indicates that his acclamation resulted from the party's lack of a following in Quebec, where all candidates were acclaimed. In any event his young age doesn't seem to justify inclusion. I understand that the two "keep" votes know him and I'm sure that he's a nice guy but I think that it would be unusual if this article was kept. --JGGardiner 17:08, 27 April 2006 (UTC)