- Stan Woloshyn
Stan Woloshyn is a
politician inAlberta ,Canada . He was first elected to theLegislative Assembly of Alberta as anAlberta New Democrats candidate in 1989. Woloshyn was reportedly a former card-carrying Progressive Conservative member, [ [http://www.cbc.ca/albertavotes2004/riding/077 Alberta Votes 2004] CBC News ] but told members of the NDP constituency that it was behind him.Fact|date=February 2007Born in
Edmonton , Woloshyn received a bachelor of education degree from theUniversity of Alberta , and went on to serve as teacher, department head and principal of Memorial Composite High School in Stony Plain. From 1977 to 1989, he served as principal of Kitaskinaw School on theEnoch Indian Reserve .Woloshyn crossed the floor to the governing Progressive Conservative
caucus prior to the election in 1993. In 1996, Woloshyn was appointed Minister of Public Works, Supply and Services, and was re-elected (and re-appointed to cabinet) in 1997. Following the cabinet shuffle of May 1999, he was named Minister of Community Development.In the year 2000, Woloshyn received the
Association of Professional Engineers and Geologists of Alberta (APEGGA) Summit Award.Woloshyn ran again in 2001, re-capturing the constituency of
Stony Plain easily, with 67% of the vote. He did not run again in 2004. Rates at the province's long-term care facilities were increased by 42% under his watch, and Wolosyn himself was "somewhat disappointed" in the lack of assistance handed down to seniors in the spring 2004 [ [http://www.albertandp.ca/news.cfm?ID=162 Abolition of seniors health-care premium] "Alberta NDP News", April 6, 2004] The NDP was critical of his and other retirning government members' "transition allowances", in Woloshyn's case totalling over $477,000. [ [http://www.ndpopposition.ab.ca/site/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.details&ID=6953&t=8&i=49 Scrap the transition allowance] Alberta NDP News, June 27, 2004]References
External links
* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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