- Milt Pahl
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Milton "Milt" George Pahl Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta In office
1979–1986Preceded by New District Succeeded by Gerry Gibeault Constituency Edmonton-Mill Woods Minister without portfolio responsible for native affairs In office
November 1982 – May 1986Preceded by Don McCrimmon Succeeded by Dave Hancock Personal details Born October 30, 1943
Hanna, Alberta[1]Political party Progressive Conservative Milton "Milt" George Pahl (born October 30, 1943) was a provincial level politician and current businessman from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1986. During his time in office he sat as a member of the governing Progressive Conservative caucus. He served as a Member of the Executive Council as Minister without portfolio responsible for native affairs in the Government of Alberta from 1982 to 1986.
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Political career
Pahl ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1979 Alberta general election. He won the new electoral district of Edmonton-Mill Woods with a landslide to pickup the seat for the governing Progressive Conservative party.[2]
Pahl ran for a second term in office in the 1982 Alberta general election. He more than doubled his popular vote to be re-elected by a substantial margin.[3] After the election Premier Peter Lougheed appointed Pahl to a position in the Executive Council of Alberta as Minister without portfolio responsible for native affairs. He kept that portfolio after Don Getty became premier in 1985.
Pahl was involved in a row with federal Minister of Aboriginal Affairs David Crombie over the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation. The band was promised a settlement of land for a native reserve in 1940. After decades of unrest and negotiation Pahl declared the matter settled in a news conference to which Crombie denied.[4] Pahl also announced that subsurface mineral rights will be included with all future land claims settlements with the Government of Alberta.[5]
Pahl ran for a third term in office in the 1986 Alberta general election but was defeated in a closely contested election by Gerry Gibeault a candidate for the New Democrats.[6]
Late life
After leaving politics Pahl setup a scholarship in his name at the University of Alberta comprised from contributions he received from his time in public office awarded annually to a student who completed the first year of the MBA program in the top half of their class.[7]
Pahl is the current President of Native Venture Capital Company, Inc.[8]
References
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- ^ "Edmonton-Mill Woods results 1979". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1979&Constit=Edmonton-Millwoods. Retrieved October 31, 2009.
- ^ "Edmonton-Mill Woods results 1982". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1982&Constit=Edmonton-Millwoods. Retrieved October 31, 2009.
- ^ John Goddard (February 1988). "Forked Tongues". Saturday Night. http://nisto.com/cree/lubicon/1988/forked_tongues.html. Retrieved October 31, 2009.
- ^ "Legislative Reports - Alberta". Canadian Parliamentary Review Vol 7 No. 3. Parliament of Canada. 1984. http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/Infoparl/english/issue.asp?param=110&art=607#1. Retrieved October 31, 2009.
- ^ "Edmonton-Mill Woods results 1986". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1986&Constit=Edmonton-Millwoods. Retrieved October 31, 2009.
- ^ "U of A Administered Awards". University of Alberta. http://www.gradstudies.ualberta.ca/awardsfunding/scholarships/uofaawards/p-r.htm. Retrieved October 31, 2009.
- ^ "Venture Capital & Financing Companies". enotes.com. http://www.enotes.com/handbook-business-resources/venture-capital-amp-financing-companies. Retrieved October 31, 2009.
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