{{Short description|Canadian political strategist}} {{Infobox person |name=Rod Love |birth_date={{birth date|1953|8|5}} |birth_place=Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada |death_date={{Death date and age|2014|10|26|1953|8|5}} |death_place=Calgary, Alberta, Canada |occupation=political strategist |alma_mater=University of Alberta<br>University of Calgary |known_for=Former chief of staff for Ralph Klein |spouse=Charlene |children=3 }} '''Roderick Michael Love''' (August 5, 1953 – October 26, 2014) was a Canadian political strategist. He served as chief of staff to Ralph Klein during Klein's tenure as Mayor of Calgary and Premier of Alberta.
==Political career== He was born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, in 1953.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mhfh.com/love-roderick-michael/ |title=LOVE, Roderick Michael - McInnis & Holloway Funeral Homes & Cremation Services | Calgary Alberta |access-date=2014-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234612/http://www.mhfh.com/love-roderick-michael/ |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1992, he ran in the Calgary-Buffalo by-election as Progressive Conservative, receiving just 15% of the vote. In 1998, he established Rod Love Consulting Inc.
Love attended the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary and was a member of the board of governors of the University of Calgary and the Canada West Foundation.
In 2012, Love was a co-host with Karin Klassen of ''Type A'', a CBC Radio One talk show about the Canadian economy.<ref>"Watchdog stands up for consumers". ''Calgary Herald'', January 30, 2012.</ref> He died at home surrounded by his family on October 26, 2014, of pancreatic cancer, aged 61.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Franklin |first1=Michael |title=Political strategist Rod Love dies |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/political-strategist-rod-love-dies/ |access-date=27 June 2020 |work=CTV Calgary |publisher=CTV News |date=October 27, 2014 |location=Calgary, AB}}</ref><ref>Giovannetti, Justin (November 2, 2014). "[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/political-warrior-rod-love-shook-up-the-establishment/article21421274/ Political warrior Rod Love shook up the establishment]", ''The Globe and Mail''. Retrieved November 5, 2014.</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061117093959/http://www.nrgresearchgroup.com/people/rod_love.html Rod Love biography] *[http://rodlove.com/ Rod Love's Blog on Politics and Life]
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