1. Jim Prentice 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 Metis and Non-Status Indians.
46 Facts About Jim Prentice
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Jim Prentice was appointed Minister of Industry on August 14,2007, and after the 2008 election became Minister of Environment on October 30,2008.
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On November 4,2010, Jim Prentice announced his resignation from cabinet and as MP for Calgary Centre-North.
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Jim Prentice entered provincial politics in his home province of Alberta, and ran for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta to replace Dave Hancock, who was serving as interim Premier and party leader after Alison Redford's resignation.
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On September 6,2014, Jim Prentice 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.
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All three stood as candidates in by-elections scheduled for October 27,2014, and all three were elected with Jim Prentice becoming the MLA for Calgary-Foothills.
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Jim Prentice was born to a large, blue-collar family in South Porcupine, near Timmins, Ontario.
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Jim Prentice was the son of Wilma Lyle Marea and Eric Prentice, a professional hockey player who played five games in the National Hockey League in the 1940s.
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Jim Prentice was educated at the University of Alberta and Dalhousie University.
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Jim Prentice paid for his tuition by working as a coal miner in the summer months for seven years.
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Jim Prentice was an active member and volunteer leader in the Grace Presbyterian Church.
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Jim Prentice was a member of the Trilateral Commission, a non-partisan organization that aims to increase cooperation within the developed world.
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Jim Prentice joined the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 1976, and was active in Tory circles ever since.
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Jim Prentice first ran for Parliament as the nominated Progressive Conservative candidate in a spring 2002 by-election in the riding of Calgary Southwest that followed the retirement of Preston Manning as the riding's Member of Parliament.
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Jim Prentice ran in the 2003 Progressive Conservative leadership election to support the "United Alternative" proposal to merge the PC party with the Canadian Alliance.
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Jim Prentice was seen by many as an alternative to the "status quo" candidate and front runner Peter MacKay.
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Jim Prentice unexpectedly received the support of fellow leadership challenger Craig Chandler, who withdrew early.
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Jim Prentice ultimately emerged in second-place on the fourth ballot to the eventual winner MacKay.
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Consistent with his positions during the leadership race, Jim Prentice was a supporter of the merger endorsed by both the CA and PC parties in December 2003 that formed the new Conservative Party of Canada.
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Jim Prentice was the first declared candidate for the leadership of the new Conservative Party, announcing his run on December 7,2003, the day after the new party was ratified by members of the PC Party.
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In that role Jim Prentice opposed the Tli Cho land claim agreement, which he said would make Canadian law secondary to Tlicho local law.
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Jim Prentice was a strong supporter of the proposed and controversial Mackenzie Valley pipeline.
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Jim Prentice criticized the Liberal government for its treatment of aboriginal women, and its alleged costs of administering the Residential School Claims program for aboriginal victims of abuse.
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Jim Prentice described himself as a Red Tory in the Conservative Party and surprised many observers when he voted in favour of Bill C-38 supporting same-sex marriage.
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Jim Prentice had been assigned the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development in the Conservative government, and was sworn into this role on February 6,2006, until August 13,2007.
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Stephen Harper's thanks to Jim Prentice came before he made the apology to former students of the schools.
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Jim Prentice did not immediately provide a rationale for not discussing the issue with CBC Radio Canada despite the hundreds of questions that flooded in from concerned Canadians.
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Jim Prentice then hung up mid question and refused to continue the interview at a later time.
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Jim Prentice said that the issue is being appropriately handled by the Federal government agency the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, which invited the general public to an open debate on net neutrality.
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On October 30,2008, Jim Prentice was sworn in as Minister of the Environment in the Conservative Government.
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Shortly after the Conservative government faced a possible defeat by the opposition over the Conservatives economic update, a "Conservatives for Jim Prentice" website emerged, gaining a place on the Blogging Tories blogroll.
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On November 4,2010, Jim Prentice announced he was resigning as Environment Minister effective immediately and that he would be resigning as Member of Parliament for Calgary Centre-North by the end of the year to take a job as vice-chairman of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
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Jim Prentice suggested that his departure was for family reasons; he had committed to spending 10 years in politics, and at that point he had.
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Jim Prentice expressed a desire to step down so he could explore new opportunities in his life.
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Jim Prentice's resignation raised some questions with the opposition; NDP leader Jack Layton expressed concern over the apparent connection between Ministers and the large banks.
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Jim Prentice was formally sworn in as premier on September 15,2014.
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Jim Prentice immediately named a 20-member Executive Council of Alberta, smaller than the cabinet had been under recent premiers.
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Jim Prentice was elected to the legislature in a by-election in Calgary-Foothills, the seat formerly held by MLA Len Webber.
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At a press conference, Smith said that her conversations with Jim Prentice revealed that they shared so much common ground that it made little sense for her to continue in opposition.
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Thirteen members of Jim Prentice's cabinet were defeated, though Jim Prentice himself was re-elected in Calgary-Foothills.
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The band had been seeking an agreement for 80 years, and Jim Prentice had reopened negotiations in the fall of 2014.
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Jim Prentice served as a visiting global fellow at the Canada Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC, for a four-month term that begun in February 2016.
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Jim Prentice was appointed as a senior advisor to private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC in June 2016, specializing in the energy industry.
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Jim Prentice was among the four people killed in the October 13,2016, crash of a twin-engine Cessna Citation 500 business jet in Lake Country, British Columbia, shortly after takeoff from Kelowna International Airport en route to Springbank Airport near Calgary.
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Jim Prentice had spent the day golfing in the Kelowna area and was returning home.
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Jim Prentice would invite them in, show them around, and give each of them the opportunity to sit in the premier's chair.