Brent Rathgeber

Brent Rathgeber
KC
Member of Parliament
for Edmonton—St. Albert
In office
October 14, 2008 – October 19, 2015
Preceded byJohn G. Williams
Succeeded byMichael Cooper
Member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly
for Edmonton Calder
In office
March 12, 2001 – November 22, 2004
Preceded byLance White
Succeeded byDavid Eggen
Personal details
Born (1964-07-24) July 24, 1964 (age 60)
Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative (2001-2004)
Conservative (2008-2013)
Independent (2013-present)
Residence(s)Edmonton, Alberta
Alma materUniversity of Saskatchewan
ProfessionLawyer, author

Brent M. Rathgeber, KC (born July 24, 1964) is a lawyer, author and politician from Alberta, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2001 to 2004 and was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2008 federal election as a Conservative. He resigned from the Conservative caucus in 2013 and sat as an independent. He ran as an independent candidate in the riding of St. Albert—Edmonton in the 2015 federal election but was defeated by Conservative candidate Michael Cooper.

In 2016, Rathgeber returned to the business world as a political consultant. He joined Cody Law Office in St. Albert, providing a full range of legal services, advocacy and consulting.