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Peter Eric James "Jim" Prentice, (born July 20, 1956) is a Canadian politician who was the 16th Premier of Alberta from 2014 to 2015.〔() - Jim Prentice Officially Sworn In as Alberta's Premier - retrieved 15 September 2014〕 In the 2004 federal election he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a candidate of the Conservative Party of Canada. He was re-elected in the 2006 federal election and appointed to the cabinet as Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians. Prentice was appointed Minister of Industry on August 14, 2007,〔http://www.jimprentice.ca/EN/7113/ Jim Prentice's Official Website (jimprentice.ca)〕 and after the 2008 election became Minister of Environment on October 30, 2008.〔 On November 4, 2010, Prentice announced his resignation from cabinet and as MP for Calgary Centre-North. On September 6, 2014, he won the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election. He subsequently won a by-election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta on October 27, 2014, becoming the MLA for Calgary-Foothills. As Premier of Alberta, Prentice declared an early provincial election on May 5, 2015, "bypassing" Alberta's fixed election date laws. In the election, Prentice's PCs were heavily defeated, dropping to third place in the legislature—ending 44 years of Tory rule in Alberta, the longest unbroken run in office at the provincial level in Canada. Despite winning re-election in Calgary-Foothills, on election night Prentice resigned as PC leader and retired from politics after results indicated that the Alberta NDP had won a majority government. ==Background== Prentice was born to a large, blue-collar family in South Porcupine, Ontario near Timmins. The family then eventually moved to Alberta. He is the son of Wilma Lyle Marea (Mawhinney) and Eric Prentice, a professional hockey player who played five games in the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 1940s.〔http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/calgaryherald/obituary.aspx?pid=167483831M〕〔http://news.ourontario.ca/timmins/2441681/data〕 His uncle Dean Prentice played in the NHL for more than 20 years. Prentice was educated at the University of Alberta (where he became a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity〔(Who Else is a Fiji? ) - www.phigam.ca - retrieved 8 December 2008〕) and Dalhousie University. He paid for his tuition by working as a coal miner in the summer months for seven years.〔(Speaking Points - The Honourable Jim Prentice - Canadian Council of Chief Executives Luncheon, Toronto, Ontario, November 21, 2007 ) - Industry Canada - retrieved 11 June 2008〕 As a lawyer, he served as a Law Commissioner of the Indian Claims Commission of Canada.〔(The Commissioners ) - Indian Claims Commission - retrieved 11 June 2008〕 Prentice served for seven years on the Board of Directors at the Calgary Winter Club, including stints as President and Chairman. He is an active member and volunteer leader in the Grace Presbyterian Church. He is also a member of the Trilateral Commission.〔http://www.trilateral.org/download/file/TC_%20list_5-12%20(2).pdf〕 Prentice and his wife Karen have three daughters and two grandchildren. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Prentice」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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