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]
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]
^. Alberta Heritage. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
^"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.
^. Alberta Heritage. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
^(PDF). Northern Alberta Developments Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
^Landry, Frank (3 January 2008). "More flights at muni airport could save lives says city Coun". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved 17 March 2008.[dead link]
gary, friedel, born, october, 1942, civil, servant, former, provincial, level, politician, from, alberta, canada, served, member, legislative, assembly, alberta, from, 1993, until, 2004, peace, riverin, office, june, 1993, november, 2004preceded, byal, adairsu. 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 FriedelMLA for Peace RiverIn office June 15 1993 November 22 2004Preceded byAl AdairSucceeded byFrank OberlePersonal detailsBorn 1942 10 30 October 30 1942 age 80 Fairview AlbertaPolitical partyProgressive Conservative Association of Alberta Contents 1 Political career 2 Late life 3 References 4 External linksPolitical career EditFriedel 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 EditAfter 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 Edit The Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1997 ISBN 9781896413433 Peace River electoral district official results 1993 1997 Alberta Heritage Archived from the original on 12 June 2011 Retrieved 22 March 2008 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 Peace River electoral district official results 2001 Alberta Heritage Archived from the original on 12 June 2011 Retrieved 22 March 2008 Northern Developments Winter 03 PDF Northern Alberta Developments Council Archived from the original PDF on 7 December 2006 Retrieved 22 March 2008 Landry Frank 3 January 2008 More flights at muni airport could save lives says city Coun Edmonton Sun Retrieved 17 March 2008 dead link External links EditLegislative Assembly of Alberta Members ListingLegislative Assembly of AlbertaPreceded byAl Adair MLA Peace River1993 2004 Succeeded byFrank Oberle This article about an Alberta politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gary Friedel amp oldid 1097143368, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
