Garry Breitkreuz

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name=Garry W. Breitkreuz


term_start=1993
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predecessor= Lorne Nystrom
birth_date= birth date and age |1945|10|21
birth_place= Yorkton, Saskatchewan
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profession=teacher
party=Conservative
party colour=Conservative
residence=Yorkton
riding=Yorkton—Melville
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spouse=Lydia Breitkreuz
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Garry W. Breitkreuz (pronounced Bright-Krites) (born October 21, 1945 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian politician. He is currently the Conservative Party of Canada member of the Canadian House of Commons from Yorkton—Melville, and has been since 1993. He is formerly a member of the Reform Party of Canada (1993-2000) and the Canadian Alliance (2000-2003). While he currently has no formal position in the cabinet, he is the former Deputy House Leader of the Opposition, Conservative Party Deputy House Leader, Deputy Whip of the Official Opposition, Chief Opposition Whip, and Critic to the Solicitor General.

Breitkreuz has been known to be the most outspoken member of the House of Commons on his opposition to the Canadian gun registry.

In 2005, [http://www.wfsa.net/Image_Docs/Garry%20Breitkreuz.htm Breitkreuz] was granted the Sport Shooting Ambassador Award by the [http://www.wfsa.net World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities] .

In his acceptance speech, in March 2005, Garry Breitkreuz described his entry into the struggle to keep lawful firearm ownership afloat in Canada:

"I’d hunted all my life but I never understood that my pastime was under attack until one March evening in 1994. It was 40 degrees below and two thousand people filled an arena in Preeceville, Saskatchewan, to protest a 1991 gun control bill.

"At first I saw that democratic rights were being infringed but the more I dug, the more I realized that fundamental rights and freedoms were being trampled, too."

With a farming background coupled with his own interest in hunting, Garry Breitkreuz has devoted enormous energy to the defence of the right of the law-abiding civilian to own firearms.

External links

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* [http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/ Website for Garry Breitkreuz]
* [http://www.howdtheyvote.ca/member.php?id=43 How'd They Vote?: Garry Breitkreuz's voting history and quotes]