Rick Orman
| Rick Orman | |
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| Former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Montrose | |
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In office 1986–1993 |
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| Preceded by | new district |
| Succeeded by | Hung Pham |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 9, 1948 Calgary, Alberta |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Children | Sean, Riley, Cayley, stepchildren Adam, Quinn |
| Residence | Calgary, Alberta |
Richard D. "Rick" Orman (born June 9, 1948) is a businessman and former Canadian politician. Orman was born in Calgary, Alberta in 1948 as a fourth generation Albertan. He studied at the University of Calgary before graduating with honours from Eastern Washington University in 1971. Orman served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 to 1993. Since 1993, he has been active within the business community, both provincially and internationally.
Orman first became a member of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen in 1972 and has provided provincial and federal political commentary on the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) and the CKUA Radio Network since 1994.
Following the formation of the first Peter Lougheed Progressive Conservative government in 1971, Orman served as executive assistant to two successive Alberta energy and resources ministers from 1972 to 1975.
In 1977, Orman co-founded Orman & Benini Land Services (subsequently Canadian Landmasters Resource Services). In 1979, he joined Signalta Resources Ltd., a joint venture partnership where he served as Manager of Land and Contracts until 1982. In 1982 he founded Nexus Resources Ltd., a private Calgary based exploration company.
From 1980 to 1985, Orman was non-operating partner of the Board for CorpSport International Inc., an Edmonton-based sports management firm.
In 1983 Orman ran unsuccessfully for the Federal Progressive Conservative nomination in Calgary Centre, finishing second to incumbent Harvie Andre. At the time it was one of the largest nominations in Canadian PC party history with more than 3,200 ballots cast.
In 1985 Orman was a senior Calgary organizer for the successful Don Getty provincial PC leadership campaign.
IN 1986 he was unopposed as candidate for the PC Party, and acclaimed as its candidate, for the new constituency of Calgary Montrose. He served Calgary Montrose in the Alberta Legislature from 1986 until his retirement from elected politics in 1993.
In 1992 Orman ran in a field of nine candidates for the Progressive Conservative leadership and placed third to future Liberal leader Nancy Betkowski and eventual winner Ralph Klein. Orman received 7,649 votes on the first ballot. Orman withdrew from the race prior to the final ballot. Klein won on the final ballot.
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