Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ted Nebbeling (1943/1944 October 28, 2009) was a British Columbia Legislative Assembly Member and Minister of State for the 2010 Winter Olympics.He married Jan Holmberg, his partner of 32 years, on November 15, 2003, in one of the world's first same-sex weddings of a serving cabinet minister. The day after his marriage was announced in the media, Nebbeling was dropped from cabinet in a shuffle.The government stated that the timing was coincidental and that there was no prejudicial motive behind this, as Nebbeling was openly gay at the time of his election.