Janice Sarich
| Janice Sarich | |
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| MLA for Edmonton-Decore | |
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In office 2008–2015 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Bonko |
| Succeeded by | Chris Nielsen |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 26, 1958 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Steve |
| Residence | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Alma mater | University of Alberta |
| Occupation | Executive Business Strategist and small business owner |
| Religion | Ukrainian Catholic |
Janice Sarich (born April 26, 1958 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral constituency of Edmonton-Decore in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from March 3, 2008 to May 5, 2015 as a Progressive Conservative.
Sarich's first bid into electoral politics was in 2001, when she ran for a seat in Ward 2 on the Edmonton Catholic School District's board of trustees. She defeated Ward 2 incumbent trustee Ronald Zapisocki by 602 votes to win the seat. During her first term, Sarich earned a reputation as a tight fiscal conservative, at times calling on the board to have its budget audited after reporting a 10 million dollar deficit. In her bid for reelection in 2004, Sarich polled the most votes out of all 14 candidates in the Catholic district race and outpolled her Ward 2 opponent Jim Urlacher by a margin of almost 2 to 1. She did not seek reelection in 2007, allowing her to run for a seat in the Alberta Legislature.
In the 2008 provincial election, Sarich received 46% of the vote and defeated Liberal incumbent Bill Bonko by 723 votes to win the constituency of Edmonton-Decore. Following the election, Sarich was appointed to Cabinet by Premier Ed Stelmach to the position of Parliamentary Assistant to the Education Minister, Dave Hancock and served in this role until 2011. Highlights while serving as Parliamentary Assistant to Minister of Education included mandated to support the Minister in the evaluation of education infrastructure, chair and release the task force report "Building Financial Capacity for School Board Trustees and Superintendents", and to serve on the committee and contribute to the report "Inspiring Education-A Dialogue with Albertans."
Janice Sarich was born April 26, 1958 in Edmonton. She obtained a Master of Education (Educational Administration) degree and a Bachelor of Physical Education (Administration) both from the University of Alberta. She holds Project Management and Project Leadership certificates from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), and from the Institute of Corporate Directors she holds certificates in the ICD-Rotman (NFP) Governance Essentials Program and the ICD-Rotman Boardroom Financial Essentials. Prior to entering public life, Sarich was a small business owner and President of a business consulting company for over 20 years providing expertise in the areas of strategic planning, policy, and governance in the private and public sectors.
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