1. Ric McIver entered politics in 2001 when he was elected to the Calgary City Council, serving until 2010.
15 Facts About Ric McIver
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Ric McIver was a cabinet minister from 2013 until the PCs were defeated in the 2015 provincial election.
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Ric McIver served as interim PC leader from 2015 to 2017, and returned to cabinet when the new UCP formed government in 2019.
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Ric McIver first ran for the position of Ward 12 Alderman in 1998 against long time incumbent Sue Higgins.
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Ric McIver came second but lost by a huge margin with Higgins receiving 15,000 votes and Ric McIver with just under 3000 votes.
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Ric McIver began his first term as Ward 12 Alderman in October 2001.
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Ric McIver held his post on Calgary City Council from his election in October 2001 until his run for mayor in October 2010.
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In December 2011, Ric McIver ran at the provincial level challenging MLA Art Johnston for the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta nomination in the Calgary-Hays constituency, a riding including many neighbourhoods of his former ward 12.
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Ric McIver resigned from cabinet in May 2014 in order to stand in the PC leadership election, following the resignation of Premier Alison Redford.
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Ric McIver later made it clear he did not share in the group's anti-gay beliefs after media attention to the event.
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On September 15,2014, Ric McIver was appointed Minister of Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour in Prentice's cabinet.
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On May 11,2015, following the party's defeat in the 2015 provincial election the previous week and the resulting resignation of party leader Jim Prentice, Ric McIver was chosen by caucus to be interim leader of the PC Party.
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Ric McIver announced on November 8,2016, that he would not be running for the permanent leadership and will remain interim leader until the March convention.
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In 2017, Ric McIver joined the UCP, along with most of the PC caucus, when the party merged with Wildrose.
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At the party's founding convention in May 2018, Ric McIver passionately argued against a proposed policy that would allow schools to inform parents if their child joins a gay-straight alliance.