Jim Prentice
Politician
1956 –
Who is Jim Prentice?
James "Jim" Prentice, PC, QC is a Canadian lawyer, leads partnership-building with First Nations on behalf of Northern Gateway partners, and is a Canadian politician. 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.
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- Born
- Jul 20, 1956
South Porcupine, Ontario - Also known as
- Прентис, Джим
- Spouses
- Religion
- Presbyterianism
- Presbyterian Church in Canada
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- Schulich School of Law
- University of Alberta
- Lived in
- Timmins
- Calgary
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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