- Cindy Ady
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Cindy Ady 
MLA for Calgary-Shaw Incumbent Assumed office
March 15, 2001Preceded by Jon Havelock Former Minister of Tourism, Parks and Recreation in the Alberta government In office
March 13, 2008 – October 12, 2011Preceded by New portfolio Succeeded by Jack Hayden (politician) Former Associate Minister of Tourism Promotion in the Alberta government In office
June 21, 2007 – March 13, 2008Preceded by New portfolio Succeeded by Portfolio terminated Personal details Born 1956/1957 (age 54–55)[1]
San Antonio, TexasPolitical party Progressive Conservative Spouse(s) Don Ady Children Four sons: Brent, Justin, Jeffrey, Scott Alma mater Brigham Young University Occupation Consultant Religion The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) Website http://www.cindyady.com Cindy Ady is a Canadian politician and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. She has served in this capacity since the 2001 provincial election, being re-elected in both the 2004 provincial election and 2008 provincial election, sitting as a Progressive Conservative. From 2008 to 2011, she served as the Minister of the Tourism, Parks and Recreation department in the Ed Stelmach government.
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Early life
Ady was born in San Antonio, Texas and attended Brigham Young University from 1975 until 1979, where she studied Communications.[2] She owned a custom home construction business and was later, after moving to Canada, a self-employed community development consultant. In this capacity she developed a business plan and funding proposal for Centennial High School, which opened in 2004.[3]
Political career
Electoral record
Ady first sought public office in the 2001 provincial election in the constituency of Calgary-Shaw. In that election, she received 80.7% of the vote.[4] In 2004, she was re-elected with 63.4% of the vote, receiving the greatest percentage of the popular vote in Calgary next to Art Johnston, who garnered 63.8%. In the 2008 provincial election, Ady won her seat again, receiving 58.2% of the vote: the largest percentage of the popular vote of any elected Calgary MLA.[4]
Backbencher
Ady started off as a backbencher in the Ralph Klein government. During her first term, she sponsored the St. Mary’s College Amendment Act, a private bill that allowed St. Mary's College to become a university college and grant degrees after being passed without objection.[5][6] During her second term she sponsored a pair of government bills. The Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, which passed with all-party support, changed the regulatory regime faced by pharmacies and eliminated the requirement that doctors' prescriptions include a precise amount to be prescribed, to allow pharmacists some discretion on the question.[7][8] The Personal Directives Amendment Act amended the province's statute involving personal directives - a written instruction on personal matters to be brought into effect in the event of the director's incapacity - to allow them to be suspended in the event that somebody making one regains capacity. It too passed with all-party support.[9][10]
Idaho-Alberta Transboundary Task Force
In September 2007 it emerged that Ady had been paid $11,500 for sitting on the "Idaho-Alberta Transboundary Task Force", which the Edmonton Journal suggested was a strange name given that Alberta does not share a border with Idaho.[11] Neither Ady nor her colleague Barry McFarland, who had been paid approximately $7,600 for sitting on the same committee, provided any evidence of work done by the task force, but both said that work was done (Ady said "I just need to tell you that I was in charge of making sure that we had a good relationship with Idaho.").[11] The committee had been disbanded in September 2006 after internal Alberta government documents concluded that "both sides agree that the existing agreement, which established a formalized annual consultation structure, has not functioned all that well and that we should consider something less formal..."[11] Idaho State Representative Max Black, the sole Idaho representative on the body who was not paid extra for it, said that he had never heard of Ady or McFarland.[11][12] The payout was criticized by Liberal leader Kevin Taft, New Democratic leader Brian Mason, and Scott Hennig of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.[11]
Minister
Cindy Ady speaking at a salute to Alberta Olympic and Paralympic athletes held in Calgary on April 5, 2010
On June 21, Premier Ed Stelmach appointed Ady Associate Minister of Tourism Promotion as part of an effort to put more Calgarians in cabinet after his party lost the riding of Calgary Elbow to Liberal Craig Cheffins.[13] After the 2008 election, she was promoted to a full minister, of Tourism, Parks and Recreation.[14] In this capacity, she sponsored the Travel Alberta Act, which would establish Travel Alberta, hitherto a government department, as a statutory corporation.[15] Ady has a strong record in terms of attendance in the legislature for Members. Her absenteeism is one of the lowest for all MLAs and Ministers.[16] Ady's accessibility and use of resources to keep the public informed on key issues has been praised. In October, 2011, she was replaced as Minister of Tourism, Parks and Recreation by Jack Hayden (politician).
Olympics
Minister Ady attended the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, representing the Government of Alberta. Part of the government’s advertising was showcased through exclusive booking of the Rocky Mountaineer, which did runs between Vancouver and Whistler.[17] As part of her role as Minister for Tourism, Parks and Recreation, Ady also helped host a provincial pavilion known as Alberta House, at the corner of Beaty and Robson Streets in Vancouver.[17] Some estimates have pegged the return on investment for the whole marketing project to be near $70 million dollars, versus the $7 million initial investment. The Government of Alberta official report stated that the media exporsure and return generated was worth nearly $70 million dollars.[18]
Post-Olympic Recreation Promotion
Following the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Minister Ady supported the establishment of an Olympic Legacy Network.[19] Ady stated that the project looked to utilize, "...opportunities to use our Olympic legacies for the long-term benefit of sport and tourism."[20] The project has already had success with the December 2010 Alberta/British Columbia Joint Legacy Event. This event hosted the World Championships for bobsleigh and skeleton racing in 2010.[21]
Personal life
Ady is married to Don Ady, son of former Cardston and Cardston-Chief Mountain MLA Jack Ady,[2] whom she identifies as her political hero.[22] The pair has four sons: Brent, Jeffrey, Justin, and Scott. They currently reside in south Calgary, within her riding of Calgary-Shaw[3] Ady is an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Election results
2008 Alberta general election results ( Calgary-Shaw ) Turnout 39.9% Affiliation Candidate Votes % Progressive Conservative Cindy Ady 7,122 51.2% Liberal John Roggeveen 3,002 24.5% Wildrose Alliance Richard Dur 1,282 10.5% Green Jennifer Oss-Saunders 499 4.1% NDP Jenn Carlson 335 2.7% 2004 Alberta general election results ( Calgary-Shaw ) Turnout 40.3% Affiliation Candidate Votes % Progressive Conservative Cindy Ady 6,735 63.4% Liberal John Roggeveen 2,410 22.7% Alberta Alliance Barry Chase 620 5.8% Green Rick Papineau 381 3.6% NDP Jarrett Young 300 2.8% Separation Daniel Doherty 170 1.6% 2001 Alberta general election results ( Calgary-Shaw ) Turnout 51.0% Affiliation Candidate Votes % Progressive Conservative Cindy Ady 20,306 80.7% Liberal Jim McPhearson 3,595 14.3% NDP Ryan Falkenberg 729 2.9% Alberta First Peter Singleton 222 0.9% Independent Keven Agar 153 0.6% Independent Derin Popik 151 0.6% References
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- ^ a b "Cindy Ady's biography on her website". http://www.cindyady.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=65. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- ^ a b "Alberta's past election results". http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/process/election_results.html. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
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- ^ Fekete, Jason (2010-05-04). "Alberta MLA absenteeism - who's skipping out, who's got perfect attendance?". Calgary Herald. http://communities.canada.com/calgaryherald/blogs/insidealberta/archive/2010/05/04/alberta-mla-absenteeism-who-s-skipping-out-who-s-got-perfect-attendance.aspx. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ a b News, CBC (2010-01-06). "Alberta charters luxury train for Vancouver Olympics". CBC News Online. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/01/06/calgary-alberta-olympics-alberta-train.html. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
- ^ "Alberta in Vancouver Olympic Summary Report". http://alberta.ca/vancouver2010/Alberta-Olympic-Summary.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
- ^ "After Vancouver 2010: The Legacy". http://alberta.ca/vancouver2010/After-Vancouver-2010.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
- ^ "Ady meets in Utah to explore creation of Olympic network". http://alberta.ca/acn/201006/2855922F02CEC-F6EF-9DDC-C8F38E34F027E7C6.html. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
- ^ "British Columbia and Alberta announce joint Olympic legacy event". http://alberta.ca/home/NewsFrame.cfm?ReleaseID=/acn/201003/280046C8AFDA9-D7CC-EC4D-FCBB36CD7091B696.html. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
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