Richard Feehan was made Alberta NDP caucus chair on June 3 and elected deputy chairman of committees on June 12,2015.
12 Facts About Richard Feehan
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Richard Feehan was born into an Irish-Catholic family on February 11,1960, to Bernie and Kathleen Feehan.
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Richard Feehan's father was a Judge on the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta and his mother was chair of Grant MacEwan's social work program for 30 years.
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Richard Feehan graduated from St Francis Xavier High School in 1977.
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Richard Feehan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1980 from the University of Alberta, a Bachelor of Social Work degree from the University of Calgary in 1982, and a Masters of Social Work degree from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1986.
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Richard Feehan was most recently employed as a tenured instructor at the University of Calgary in the Faculty of Social Work at the Edmonton division before being elected in May 2015.
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Richard Feehan has volunteered with the Canadian Research Institute for Family and the Law as a board member, the Edmonton Community Adult Learners Association as the Board President; the Professional Social Work Education Board as a board member and the Public Education Committee as a member.
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On May 14,2013, Richard Feehan publicly launched his campaign to represent Ward 10 on city council in the 2013 Edmonton municipal election.
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Richard Feehan ran on a platform of local sustainability and infrastructure renewal.
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Richard Feehan placed second in the 2013 civic election losing to community organizer Michael Walters.
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On February 2,2016, Richard Feehan was appointed Minister of Indigenous Relations, a renamed ministry which deals with the relationship between government and Indigenous nations.
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Richard Feehan was re-elected in the 2019 Alberta general election and was appointed to be the Official Opposition's Indigenous relations critic.