Alberta, chair Calgary Downtown West Community Association United Way of Calgary Leaders Committee Calgary Canuck Alumni Association Provincial politics In June 2006, Hehr won the Liberal nomination for Calgary-Buffalo, in the heart of downtown Calgary. He was subsequently elected to the legislature in the March 3, 2008 general election. After the election, Hehr was chosen to be the Shadow Minister for Justice and Solicitor General for the Alberta Liberal Caucus. As the Shadow Minister, Hehr worked to tackle crime in the province while focusing on other justice issues. In the legislature, Hehr served on the following committees: Special Standing Committee on Member Services Standing Committee on Community Services (deputy chair) Standing Committee on Resource and Environment Hehr campaigned for mayor in the 2010 Calgary municipal election but withdrew a month before the vote to endorse Naheed Nenshi. LGBT rights In 2014, Hehr proposed a private member's bill into the Alberta Legislature that would urge public schools to support students who wished to create gay-straight alliances. The bill, while supported by the Liberals, Alberta NDP and some Progressive Conservatives, was voted down by a majority of PC and Wildrose MLAs in April. Six months later Laurie Blakeman brought a private members bill forward which essentially adopted Hehr's motion. Instead of allowing a vote to proceed on this motion, the PC government brought in their own bill, the essence of which allowed public, Catholic, and private school entities to decide whether or not they would allow a Gay-Straight Alliance in their district. Ultimately the PCs brought in a reformed bill that effectively allowed Gay-Straight Alliances in all schools throughout the province. Gun violence For Hehr, himself a shooting victim, a major focus has been on gun violence in the province. Soon after he was elected, the City of Calgary became trapped in a gang war which has claimed the lives of many young individuals. Hehr put pressure on the government to help reduce these numbers. He started by calling on the province to increase the number of police officers on the beat in downtown Calgary. The Mayor and the Police Chief have also joined in his call to increase the number of police officers. Hehr's most recent call was to give police the power to seize vehicles that contain unregistered firearms, along with the gun. Bill 201 was defeated in second reading on March 9, 2009, with no Conservative MLA support. Federal