The Honourable Jim Prentice PC QC |
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16th Premier of Alberta | |
In office September 15, 2014 – May 24, 2015 |
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Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Lieutenant Governor | Donald Ethell |
Preceded by | Dave Hancock |
Succeeded by | Rachel Notley |
Leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta | |
In office September 6, 2014 – May 5, 2015 |
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Preceded by | Dave Hancock (interim) |
Succeeded by | Ric McIver (interim) |
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Foothills | |
In office October 27, 2014 – May 5, 2015 |
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Preceded by | Len Webber |
Succeeded by | Prasad Panda |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Calgary Centre-North |
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In office June 28, 2004 – November 14, 2010 |
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Preceded by | new riding |
Succeeded by | Michelle Rempel |
Personal details | |
Born |
Peter Eric James Prentice July 20, 1956 South Porcupine, Ontario, Canada |
Died | October 13, 2016 Lake Country, British Columbia, Canada |
(aged 60)
Cause of death | Plane crash |
Political party |
Provincial: Progressive Conservative Federal: Progressive Conservative (1976–2003) Conservative (2003–his death) |
Spouse(s) | Karen Prentice |
Children | two daughters, one step |
Residence | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Alma mater | |
Profession | Lawyer |
Religion | Christianity (Presbyterian) |
Peter Eric James "Jim" Prentice PC QC (July 20, 1956 – October 13, 2016) was a Canadian politician who served as the 16th Premier of Alberta from 2014 to 2015. In the 2004 federal election he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a candidate of the Conservative Party of Canada. He was re-elected in the 2006 federal election and appointed to the cabinet as Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians. Prentice was appointed Minister of Industry on August 14, 2007, and after the 2008 election became Minister of Environment on October 30, 2008. On November 4, 2010, Prentice announced his resignation from cabinet and as MP for Calgary Centre-North. After retiring from federal politics, he entered provincial politics in his home province of Alberta, and ran for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta to replace Alison Redford, who had resigned earlier that year. On September 6, 2014, he won the leadership election, becoming both the leader of the Progressive Conservatives and as such the Premier, as his party held a majority in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.