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{{short description|Canadian politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Wayne Cao
| image =PC MLA Wayne Cao.jpg
| imagesize=200px
| caption = Cao in 2011
| birth_name = Nguyễn Cảo
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|12|7}}
| birth_place = North Vietnam 
| residence = [[Calgary]]
| office = [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta|MLA]] for [[Calgary-Fort]]
| term_start = March 11, 1997
| term_end = May 5, 2015
| predecessor = '''New district'''
| successor = [[Joe Ceci]]
| party = [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Waterloo]]<br />[[University of Auckland]]
| religion =
| spouse = Kim Hoang
| children =three
| occupation = [[Information technology]] professional
| website=
}}

'''Wayne Cao''' (born '''Nguyễn Cảo'''; December 7, 1946) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician and former member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]], where he represented the district of [[Calgary-Fort]] as a [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]].  He was first elected in the [[1997 Alberta general election|1997 provincial election]] and was re-elected four times.  He is perhaps best known as the sponsor of the legislation that led to the enshrining of "[[Alberta (anthem)|Alberta]]".  In April 2008, he elected as the Legislature's Deputy [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] and Chair of Committees and served in that position for the 27th Legislature.  Mr. Cao also served as a member of the Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/committees/resourcestewardship/index.html |title=Legislative Assembly of Alberta - Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship |access-date=2014-09-15 |archive-date=2019-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325210616/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/committees/resourcestewardship/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Early life==

Cao was born December 7, 1946, in northern Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teachers.ab.ca/Quick+Links/Publications/Other+Publications/Proceedings+of+Under+the+Umbrella+Round+Two/umbrella04.htm |title=Speech by Wayne Cao from the Alberta Teachers' Association website |access-date=2008-04-15 |archive-date=2007-10-19 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071019061943/http://www.teachers.ab.ca/Quick+Links/Publications/Other+Publications/Proceedings+of+Under+the+Umbrella+Round+Two/umbrella04.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>  He studied [[engineering]], [[mathematics]], and [[computing science]] in [[Saigon]] and at the [[University of Auckland]] and the [[University of Waterloo]].<ref name="leg bio">{{cite web |url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_bio&rnumber=11  |title=Wayne Cao's Legislative Assembly of Alberta biography |publisher=[[Internet Archive]] |access-date=2010-03-23 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061005100827/https://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_bio&rnumber=11 |archive-date = 2006-10-05}}</ref> After the [[Vietnam War]], he came to [[California]] as a [[refugee]] - he boarded an American [[helicopter]] just before the [[fall of Saigon]] - and settled in [[Calgary]] in 1976.<ref name="Calgary Sun">{{cite news|url=http://www.calgarysun.com/election/candidates.html |title=Calgary candidate profiles, Alberta election 2008 |publisher=[[Calgary Sun]] |access-date=2008-04-16 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080304160950/http://www.calgarysun.com/election/candidates.html |archive-date=2008-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=6b036756-754f-4340-9518-73d0b0b1c7b4&k=58288 |title=Vietnamese-Albertans honoured with Centennial Medals |publisher=[[Edmonton Journal]] |date=February 5, 2006 |access-date=2008-04-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830103602/http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=6b036756-754f-4340-9518-73d0b0b1c7b4&k=58288 |archive-date=August 30, 2010 }}</ref>  He worked for [[Shell Petroleum]] for twenty-six years before taking [[early retirement]] in 1997 to enter politics.<ref name="leg bio"/>  During this time, he also lectured at the [[Southern Alberta Institute of Technology]].<ref name="leg bio"/>

== Political career ==

Cao first sought public office in the [[1997 Alberta general election|1997 provincial election]], when he ran in the riding of [[Calgary Fort|Calgary-Fort]] as the [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]].<ref name="results">{{cite web |url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/process/election_results.html |title=Alberta's past election results |access-date=2008-03-06 |archive-date=2007-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820223953/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/process/election_results.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  He was elected handily, and was re-elected in each of the next three elections.<ref name="results"/>  He supported [[Jim Dinning]] in the [[2006 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election|2006 P.C. leadership race]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2006/10/05/1957089.html |title=Dinning supported by most of Tory caucus |publisher=[[Edmonton Sun]] |date=October 5, 2006 |access-date=2008-04-16}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

[[Image:WayneCaoDeputySpeaker3.JPG|left|thumb|Wayne Cao elected Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Whole Assembly Committees, Legislature, Alberta, Canada, April 2008]]

In April 2008, he was elected by his legislator colleagues as the Deputy [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]], defeating [[Len Mitzel]] and [[Bridget Pastoor]] in a secret ballot.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Columnists/Waugh_Neil/2008/04/15/5287046-sun.html |first=Neil |last=Waugh |title=A win's a win for Liberals |date=April 15, 2008 |publisher=[[Edmonton Sun]] |access-date=2008-04-16}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=528ae655-a6cb-4ead-8855-d95f9d4f4964 |last=Fekete |first=Jason |title=Liepert tackles health-care reform |date=April 15, 2008 |publisher=[[Calgary Herald]] |access-date=2008-04-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104064617/http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=528ae655-a6cb-4ead-8855-d95f9d4f4964 |archive-date=November 4, 2012 }}</ref> Cao would announce he would retire from the legislature in February 2015, prior to the [[2015 Alberta general election]]<ref>{{cite news |title=After five terms, Calgary MLA Wayne Cao joins list of Tories not running again |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/after-five-terms-calgary-mla-wayne-cao-joins-list-of-tories-not-running-again |access-date=15 June 2020 |work=Calgary Herald |publisher=Calgary Herald |date=February 15, 2015 |archive-date=7 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907120801/https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/after-five-terms-calgary-mla-wayne-cao-joins-list-of-tories-not-running-again |url-status=live }}</ref> which saw the [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]] dynasty end when the [[New Democratic Party of Alberta|New Democratic Party]] would be elected to a majority government. Cao's former electoral district [[Calgary-Fort]] would elect New Democrat [[Joe Ceci]].

===Legislative initiatives===

Cao has moved a large number of [[private member's bill]]s.  Of these, the only one to pass was 2001's ''Alberta Official Song Act'', which established a contest for the province's official song, with the winner to be selected by an all party committee of the legislature.  It passed with the support of members from all parties, although [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]] [[Rob Renner]] felt that the province's official song should be something that was already known to most Albertans rather than a new song composed for the occasion, and [[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]] [[Hugh MacDonald (Canadian politician)|Hugh MacDonald]] argued that no official song was necessary, since Alberta already had an "unofficial song", [[Don Quixote (album)|Alberta Bound]]<ref>{{cite hansard |url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files%5Cdocs%5Chansards%5Chan%5Clegislature_25%5Csession_1%5C20010523_1330_01_han.pdf |format=PDF| house=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |title=Legislative Assembly of Alberta | date=May 23, 2001 |archive-date=March 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326110229/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_25/session_1/20010523_1330_01_han.pdf |access-date=March 12, 2023}}</ref> (which MacDonald recalled hearing [[Ian Tyson]] sing at the closing ceremonies of the [[1988 Winter Olympics]], although the song, along with [[Four Strong Winds]], was actually sung at the opening ceremonies by Tyson and [[Gordon Lightfoot]], the song's composer and singer).<ref>{{cite news |first=Cam |last=Cole |title=Memory of five alive |url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/features/2010/story.html?id=f2687ada-bd7c-4296-a92c-63c0a4d80505&k=16701&p=1 |date=February 12, 2008 |access-date=2008-04-16 |publisher=[[Vancouver Sun]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104064655/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/features/2010/story.html?id=f2687ada-bd7c-4296-a92c-63c0a4d80505&k=16701&p=1 |archive-date=November 4, 2012 }}</ref>  The ensuing competition selected "[[Alberta (anthem)|Alberta]]", composed by Mary Kieftenbeld, as the province's official song.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/secrecy-shrouds-albertans-song-lyrics-1.521838 |title=Secrecy shrouds Albertans' song lyrics |date=November 17, 2005 |access-date=2008-04-16}}</ref>  Cao followed this bill with efforts to encourage the translation of [[O Canada]] into all languages spoken by Canadians; he composed a [[Vietnamese (language)|Vietnamese]] version and sang it on the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waynecao.com/oldsite/bio.asp |title=Cao's biography from his website |access-date=2007-07-02 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702070635/http://www.waynecao.com/oldsite/bio.asp |archive-date=2007-07-02 }}</ref>

[[Image:WayneCaoDeputySpeaker2.jpg|left|thumb|Wayne Cao, Deputy Speaker, Legislature, Alberta, Canada 2008]]

Cao also made headlines in 2007 with the ''School (Canadian History Content) Amendment Act'', which would have mandated that 75% of the instructional hours in high school [[social studies]] courses be devoted to [[History of Canada|Canadian history]].<ref name="Canadian content">{{cite news |url=http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/story.html?id=a70bed30-3f41-4586-8800-39f28889d2ca&k=52083 |title=Critics see no future in history bill |publisher=[[Calgary Herald]] |first=Jason |last=Fekete |date=November 15, 2007 |access-date=2008-04-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206124342/http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/story.html?id=a70bed30-3f41-4586-8800-39f28889d2ca&k=52083 |archive-date=December 6, 2007 }}</ref>  Several MLAs spoke in opposition to the bill, including [[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberals]] [[Bill Bonko]] (who felt, as a former school trustee, that any percentage should be mandated by local school boards) and [[Harry B. Chase|Harry Chase]], [[Alberta New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] [[David Eggen]] (who suggested that global history was as or more important than [[Canadians|Canadian]] history), and [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]] Education Minister [[Ron Liepert]] (who agreed with Eggen and who extolled the virtues of the recently implemented existing social studies curriculum).<ref>{{cite hansard | url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files%5Cdocs%5Chansards%5Chan%5Clegislature_26%5Csession_3%5C20071203_1300_01_han.pdf |format=PDF| house=Legislative Assembly of Alberta | date=December 3, 2007 |title=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |archive-date=March 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326103017/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_26/session_3/20071203_1300_01_han.pdf |access-date=March 12, 2023}}</ref>  Outside of the legislature, Progressive Conservatives [[Neil Brown (Canadian politician)|Neil Brown]] and [[Len Webber]] expressed reservations about the decision being made at the political, rather than local, level.<ref name="Canadian content"/>  The legislature adjourned before the bill came to a vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/pro/bills/s-bill07.htm |title=Bill Status Report for the 26th Legislature - 3rd Session (2007) |access-date=2008-03-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604234245/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/pro/bills/s-bill07.htm |archive-date=2011-06-04 }}</ref>

Cao also sponsored the ''Employment Standards (Parental Leave) Amendment Act'', which would have combined the provisions for adoptive leave and [[maternity leave]] and extended them to 27 weeks (Alberta's maternity leave provisions were, at the time, the least generous in the country).<ref name="May 16">{{cite hansard | url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files%5Cdocs%5Chansards%5Chan%5Clegislature_24%5Csession_4%5C20000516_1330_01_han.pdf |format=PDF| house=Legislative Assembly of Alberta | date=May 16, 2000 |title=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |archive-date=September 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926112931/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_24/session_4/20000516_1330_01_han.pdf |access-date=March 12, 2023}}</ref>  He first introduced the bill in 1999, but the legislature adjourned before it reached second reading.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/pro/bills/s-b99_p.htm |title=Bill Status Report for the 24th Legislature - 3rd Session (1999) |access-date=2008-03-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070803201430/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/pro/bills/s-b99_p.htm |archive-date=2007-08-03 }}</ref>  He re-introduced it in 2000, when several MLAs, including Liberals [[Don Massey]], [[Laurie Blakeman]], [[Linda Sloan]], and [[Percy Wickman]] and Progressive Conservatives [[Moe Amery]], [[Karen Kryczka]], and [[Mary Anne Jablonski]], spoke in support of the bill on second reading.<ref name="May 16"/><ref name="May 23"/><ref name="November 15"/>  Only [[Shiraz Shariff]] spoke against, citing concerns that the business community hadn't been sufficiently consulted.<ref name="May 23">{{cite hansard | url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files%5Cdocs%5Chansards%5Chan%5Clegislature_24%5Csession_4%5C20000523_1330_01_han.pdf |format=PDF| house=Legislative Assembly of Alberta | date=May 23, 2000 |title=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |archive-date=September 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926113149/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_24/session_4/20000523_1330_01_han.pdf |access-date=March 12, 2023}}</ref>  The bill passed second reading with 34 votes in favour and four ([[Gary Friedel]], [[Richard Magnus]], [[Barry McFarland]], and [[Rob Renner]]) against.<ref name="November 15">{{cite hansard | url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files%5Cdocs%5Chansards%5Chan%5Clegislature_24%5Csession_4%5C20001115_1330_01_han.pdf |format=PDF| house=Legislative Assembly of Alberta | date=November 15, 2000 |title=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |archive-date=April 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413081424/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_24/session_4/20001115_1330_01_han.pdf |access-date=March 12, 2023}}</ref>  However, the legislature adjourned while the bill was still in committee.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/pro/bills/s-b00_p.htm |title=Bill Status Report for the 24th Legislature - 4th Session (2000) |access-date=2008-03-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070803201419/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/pro/bills/s-b00_p.htm |archive-date=2007-08-03 }}</ref>

In 2008, Cao sponsored the ''Alberta Volunteer Service Medal Act'', which would have established a medal for exceptional volunteers.<ref name="April 21">{{cite hansard | url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files%5Cdocs%5Chansards%5Chan%5Clegislature_27%5Csession_1%5C20080421_1330_01_han.pdf |format=PDF| house=Legislative Assembly of Alberta | date=April 21, 2008 |title=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |archive-date=September 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926082905/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_27/session_1/20080421_1330_01_han.pdf |access-date=March 12, 2023}}</ref>  It received bipartisan support from Progressive Conservatives [[Jonathan Denis]], [[Carl Benito]], [[Neil Brown (Canadian politician)|Neil Brown]], and [[Greg Weadick]] and Liberals [[Hugh MacDonald (Canadian politician)|Hugh MacDonald]] and [[Darshan Kang]], but was ultimately [[hoist (motion)|hoisted]] on a motion from Progressive Conservative [[Fred Horne]].<ref name="April 21"/><ref name="April 28">{{cite hansard | url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files%5Cdocs%5Chansards%5Chan%5Clegislature_27%5Csession_1%5C20080428_1330_01_han.pdf |format=PDF| house=Legislative Assembly of Alberta | date=April 28, 2008 |title=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |archive-date=September 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926082740/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_27/session_1/20080428_1330_01_han.pdf |access-date=March 12, 2023}}</ref>  The bill's opponents included Liberal [[Harry B. Chase]] (who felt that the government's role in volunteer recognition should come in the form of support, rather than in the form of after-the-fact recognition) and Progressive Conservatives [[Richard Marz]] (who argued that medals should be restricted to those who had risked their lives), [[Heather Forsyth]] (who was concerned by the level of bureaucracy in the bill), [[George Rogers (Alberta politician)|George Rogers]] (who suggested that it duplicated existing government programs), [[Ray Prins]] (who was concerned that by singling out individual volunteers it would demean the contributions of those who weren't recognized), and [[Doug Griffiths]] (who echoed Rogers' arguments and also expressed concern that the proposed award would have a built in bias in favour of volunteers with large organizations).<ref name="April 21"/><ref name="April 28"/>

His other private member's bills have included 1997's ''Highway Traffic Amendment Act'', 2002's ''Environmental Protection and Enhancement (Residential Land Disclosure) Amendment Act'', 2003's ''Financial Summit Act'', and 2004's ''Government Accountability (Identification of Expenditures) Amendment Act'', none of which reached second reading.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/pro/bills/s-bill97.htm |title=Bill Status Report for the 24th Legislature - 1st Session (1997) |access-date=2008-03-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070803201506/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/pro/bills/s-bill97.htm |archive-date=2007-08-03 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/pro/bills/s-bill02.htm |title=Bill Status Report for the 25th Legislature - 2nd Session (2002) |access-date=2008-03-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070803201442/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/pro/bills/s-bill02.htm |archive-date=2007-08-03 }}</ref><ref name="2003 Bills">{{cite web |url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/pro/bills/s-bill03.htm |title=Bill Status Report for the 25th Legislature - 3rd Session (2003) |access-date=2008-03-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070803201322/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/pro/bills/s-bill03.htm |archive-date=2007-08-03 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/pro/bills/s-bill04.htm |title=Bill Status Report for the 25th Legislature - 4th Session (2004) |access-date=2008-03-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113224551/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/pro/bills/s-bill04.htm |archive-date=2008-01-13 }}</ref>

In addition to his private member's bills, Cao has sponsored a government bill, the ''Tobacco Tax Amendment Act'' of 2003.<ref name="2003 Bills"/>  The bill was in response to an increase in the number of Albertans buying tobacco products out of province, after the government imposed taxes on the import of tobacco products to Alberta that saw taxes on such goods more than double.<ref>{{cite hansard | url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files%5Cdocs%5Chansards%5Chan%5Clegislature_25%5Csession_3%5C20030415_2000_01_han.pdf |format=PDF| house=Legislative Assembly of Alberta | date=April 15, 2003 |title=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |archive-date=March 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326105426/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_25/session_3/20030415_2000_01_han.pdf |access-date=March 12, 2023}}</ref>  It passed after little debate.<ref>{{cite hansard | url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files%5Cdocs%5Chansards%5Chan%5Clegislature_25%5Csession_3%5C20030512_2000_01_han.pdf |format=PDF| house=Legislative Assembly of Alberta | date=May 12, 2003 |title=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |archive-date=March 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326105257/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_25/session_3/20030512_2000_01_han.pdf |access-date=March 12, 2023}}</ref>  Cao also sponsored a successful [[private bill]] in 1998, the ''Tanya Marie Bryant Adoption Termination Act''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/pro/bills/s-b98_p.htm |title=Bill Status Report for the 24th Legislature - 2nd Session (1998) |access-date=2008-03-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070803201511/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/pro/bills/s-b98_p.htm |archive-date=2007-08-03 }}</ref>

==Personal life==

Cao is married to Kim Hoang, an engineer and banker.<ref name="leg bio"/>  The pair have three sons: William (a lawyer), Winston (an engineer), and Willis (a scientist).<ref name="leg bio"/> They also have three grandchildren: Dylan from Mimi/William, Maxwell and Chelsea from Sarah/Winston.

He identifies [[Confucius]] and [[Winston Churchill]] as his political heroes.<ref name="Calgary Sun"/>

==Election results==
{{Alberta provincial election, 1997/Calgary-Fort}}
{{Alberta provincial election, 2001/Calgary-Fort}}
{{Alberta provincial election, 2004/Calgary-Fort}}
{{Alberta provincial election, 2008/Calgary-Fort}}
{{Alberta provincial election, 2012/Calgary-Fort}}

==See also==
* [[List of University of Waterloo people]]

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929051420/http://www.waynecao.ca/ Wayne Cao's web page]

== References ==

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