{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Tara Veer | native_name = | native_name_lang = | caption = | office = 25th Mayor of Red Deer | term_start = October 29, 2013 | term_end = October 25, 2021 | predecessor = Morris Flewwelling | successor = Ken Johnston | office1 = Member of the Red Deer City Council | term_start1 = October 26, 2004 | term_end1 = October 29, 2013 | predecessor1 = ''Not applicable'' | successor1 = ''Not applicable'' | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|12|29}} | birth_place = Red Deer, Alberta | death_date = | death_place = | party = | other_party = <!--For additional political affiliations--> | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> | children = | education = Queen's University <small>(BA)</small><br />Red Deer College | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = }} '''Tara Veer''' is a Canadian politician, who was elected mayor of Red Deer, Alberta in the 2013 municipal election.<ref name=rdadvocate>{{cite news|url=http://www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/red-deer-city-council-sworn-in/|title=Red Deer city council sworn in|work=Red Deer Advocate|date=October 29, 2013|accessdate=November 6, 2017}}</ref> She was the youngest mayor at age 35, and the second woman in the city's history, after Gail Surkan, to be elected mayor of the city.
Prior to her election as mayor, Veer served on the Red Deer City Council for nine years.<ref name=rdadvocate/>
Veer was re-elected against challenger Sean Burke in the 2017 municipal election.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://rdnewsnow.com/article/556462/veer-reelected-landslide|title=Veer re-elected in landslide vote|last=Hall|first=Josh|work=RDNewsNow.com|date=October 16, 2017|accessdate=November 6, 2017|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107061739/http://rdnewsnow.com/article/556462/veer-reelected-landslide|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Veer did not seek re-election in the 2021 municipal election, and was succeeded by Ken Johnston.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Election 2021: Who's running in Red Deer? {{!}} Globalnews.ca|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8269208/election-2021-whos-running-in-red-deer/|access-date=2021-10-19|website=Global News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hall|first=Josh|last2=Spackman|first2=Sheldon|title=RESULTS: Red Deer and Red Deer County|url=https://rdnewsnow.com/2021/10/18/results-red-deer-and-red-deer-county/|access-date=2021-10-19|website=rdnewsnow.com|language=en}}</ref>
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