- Jack Ady
Jack Ady is a former provincial level politician from
Alberta ,Canada . He served as a member of theLegislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 to 1997.Political career
Ady was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1986 Alberta general election. He won the electoral district of Cardston by a comfortable margin to hold the district for the Progressive Conservatives defeating three other candidates.cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1986&Constit=Cardston| title=Cardston results 1986| publisher=Alberta Heritage | accessdate=2008-04-18] He was re-elected to his second term in the 1989 Alberta general election. He defeated two other candidates in a landslide.cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1989&Constit=Cardston| title=Cardston results 1989| publisher=Alberta Heritage | accessdate=2008-04-18] Premier
Ralph Klein appointed Ady as the Minister of Advanced Education and Technology and Career Development in 1992, he held that post until he left office in 1997.Cardston was abolished due to redistribution for the 1993 Alberta general election. Ady ran for re-election in the new electoral district of
Cardston-Chief Mountain . He won that district by slightly reduced plurality defeating two other candidates.cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1993&Constit=Cardston| title=Cardston-Chief Mountain results 1993| publisher=Alberta Heritage | accessdate=2008-04-18]Ady did not run for a fourth term and retired at dissolution of the Assembly in 1997. His daughter in law
Cindy Ady is the current MLA for the electoral district ofCalgary Shaw .Late life
After leaving political office Ady joined the
Mount Royal College Board of Governors in 2000. A year later onAugust 21 ,2001 Minister of LearningLyle Oberg appointed him to Chair the Board.cite web|url=http://www.advancededucation.gov.ab.ca/news/2001/August/nr-MtRoyalChair.asp|title=Jack Ady Designated Mount Royal Board Chair|date=August 21 ,2001 |publisher=Government of Alberta|accessdate=2008-04-19]References
External links
* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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