{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jamie Kleinsteuber | honorific_suffix = | image = Jaime Kleinsteuber MLA.jpg | image_size = 170px | caption = Kleinsteuber at The HYRS Program - 2017 | birth_place = Kingston, Ontario, Canada | office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Northern Hills | predecessor = Teresa Woo-Paw | term_start = May 5, 2015 | term_end = March 19, 2019 | successor = district abolished | party = Alberta New Democratic Party | occupation = Airline employee | alma_mater = }} '''Jamie Kleinsteuber''' is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the electoral district of Calgary-Northern Hills.<ref name=workethic>[https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/new-mla-plans-to-bring-airline-work-ethic-to-legislature "New MLA plans to bring airline work ethic to legislature"]. ''Calgary Herald'', May 6, 2015.</ref>

== Political career ==

Kleinsteuber moved to Cochrane, Alberta in 2010 and became active in politics. He ran in the 2012 Alberta general election as the Alberta NDP candidate for Banff-Cochrane. In 2015, he moved to the Panorama Hills neighbourhood in Calgary, and ran in the 2015 Alberta general election - winning the seat in Calgary-Northern Hills, when the provincial NDP swept to a majority.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Member Information|url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/members/members-of-the-legislative-assembly/member-information?mid=0853&legl=29&from=mla_home|access-date=2021-01-06|website=www.assembly.ab.ca}}</ref>

Kleinsteuber served as member of the Standing Committee on Private Bills, the Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship, and the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices (including the Select Special Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner Search Committee & the Select Special Auditor General Search Committee).

=== Community Advocacy as MLA ===

==== North Calgary High School ==== The community of Northern Hills in Calgary had been expecting a high school to be built for over a decade. In 2015, North Calgary High was in position #27 on the CBE: Three-Year School Capital Plan 2015–2018.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Three-Year Capital Plan: 2015-2018|url=https://cbe.ab.ca/FormsManuals/Three-Year-School-Capital-Plan-2015-2018.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Calgary Board of Education}}</ref> Kleinsteuber advocated for the high school with engaged families, the Northern Hills Community Association and parents in the Advocates for North Calgary High School. In 2019, North Calgary High was in position #3 on the CBE: Three-Year School Capital Plan 2019–2022,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Three Year Capital Plat 2019-2022|url=https://cbe.ab.ca/FormsManuals/Three-Year-School-Capital-Plan-2019-2022.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Calgary Board of Education}}</ref> and received Design Funding for a new Calgary High School (Coventry Hills), CBE, Grades 10–12.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=March 23, 2018|title=3 new schools for Calgary in Alberta budget, with funds to design 2 others|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-new-schools-budget-cbe-catholic-notley-skyview-mahogany-evanston-province-alberta-1.4590344|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 5, 2020|website=CBC News}}</ref>

==== Vivo for Healthier Generations Expansion ==== Reaching near capacity, Vivo for Healthier Generations (a not-for-profit community recreation centre in NE Calgary) had been advocating for an investment to help the facility expand by adding on to its existing facilities. Kleinsteuber joined with Vivo for Healthier Generations, and other community members, to secure provincial funding in the form of a $15 million investment over three years to aid in expanding the facility by 50%.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Alberta government commits $15M to Calgary recreation centre expansion {{!}} CBC News|language=en-US|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-government-commits-15m-to-calgary-recreation-centre-expansion-1.4773279|access-date=2021-01-06}}</ref>

==== Coventry Hills Elementary ==== Coventry Hills/Country Hills Village Elementary (now, Northern Lights School) was considered an urgent priority, and Kleinsteuber joined Finance Minister Joe Ceci to announce the funding of four new elementary schools in March 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Four new schools announced for Calgary suburbs, Forest Lawn High School to be upgraded|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/four-new-schools-announced-for-calgary-suburbs-forest-lawn-high-school-to-be-upgraded|access-date=2021-01-06|website=calgaryherald|language=en-CA}}</ref>

==== Calgary Green Line Funding to North Pointe ====

As a strong advocate for public transportation, Kleinsteuber supported the Calgary Green Line project by working with the Northern Hills Community Association and the LRT on the Green Foundation<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=LRT on the Green Foundation |url=https://www.lrtonthegreen.ca |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |website=}}</ref> to ensure the project extended all the way to North Pointe.

While the commitment of $1.53-billion by the province was only designated for the first phase of the Green Line, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Brian Mason did not rule out future funding in order to complete a further 26 kilometres to North Pointe terminal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=UPDATED: Province commits $1.53B over eight years for first stage of Green Line LRT|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/province-commits-1-53-billion-over-eight-years-for-first-stage-of-green-line-lrt|access-date=2021-01-06|website=calgaryherald|language=en-CA}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

Kleinsteuber was born in Kingston, Ontario and grew up in Wellington, Ontario.

He graduated from the Prince Edward Collegiate Institute, Picton, Ontario.

After high school, he moved to Ottawa to attend university. During his studies at the University of Ottawa, he began his career in the airline industry.

Kleinsteuber graduated in May 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts (Conc. History/ Conc. Public Policy and Public Management).<ref>{{Cite web|title=New MLA plans to bring airline work ethic to legislature|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/new-mla-plans-to-bring-airline-work-ethic-to-legislature|access-date=2021-01-06|website=calgaryherald|language=en-CA}}</ref>

==Electoral history== {{2015 Alberta general election/Calgary-Northern Hills}} {{2012 Alberta general election/Banff-Cochrane}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

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