Gary Friedel

Gary Friedel (born October 30, 1942) is a civil servant and former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 until 2004.[1]

Gary Friedel
MLA for Peace River
In office
June 15, 1993 – November 22, 2004
Preceded byAl Adair
Succeeded byFrank Oberle
Personal details
Born (1942-10-30) October 30, 1942
Fairview, Alberta
Political partyProgressive Conservative Association of Alberta

Political career

Friedel was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1993 Alberta general election. He won a close race defeating three other candidates to hold the vast northern district of Peace River for the Progressive Conservatives. He was re-elected to his second term in the 1997 Alberta general election where he won a rare two-way race over Liberal candidate Bruce MacKeen taking 61% of the popular vote.[2] Friedel spent a year serving as chair of Select Special Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Review Committee. On March 18, 1999 he would table a report from the committee in the Legislature that made 81 recommendations to amend the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.[3]

Friedel would marginally improve his vote total running for a third term in a four-way race in the 2001 Alberta general election. In that election he would take 64% of the votes cast.[4] In his final term as MLA he served as Chair of the Northern Alberta Developments Council.[5] He would not run for public office again in 2004.

Late life

After Friedel left his seat in the Legislature he became chairman of the Commuter Air Access Network of Alberta. As Past chairman he is fighting Edmonton city council to keep large passenger flights out of Edmonton City Centre Airport.[6]

References
  1. The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. 1997. ISBN 9781896413433.
  2. "Peace River electoral district official results 1993-1997". Alberta Heritage. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
  3. "Report of All Party Review of Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Tabled". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 18 March 1999. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
  4. "Peace River electoral district official results 2001". Alberta Heritage. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
  5. "Northern Developments Winter '03" (PDF). Northern Alberta Developments Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
  6. Landry, Frank (3 January 2008). "More flights at muni airport could save lives says city Coun". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved 17 March 2008.


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