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Stockwell Day
Member of Parliament Okanagan-Coquihalla 2000 to present
Leader of Canadian Alliance Party 2000 to 2001

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Date and Place of Birth
August 16, 1950
Barrie, Ontario

Education
University of Victoria

Profession
Auctioneer
Forest industry worker
Assistant Pastor and Administrator of Bentley Christian School, Bentley Alberta

Federal Political Affiliation
Canadian Alliance Party
Conservative Party of Canada

Federal Riding
Okanagan-Coquihalla

Political Career

  • Elected to Alberta Legislature, Progressive Conservative, Red Deer North 1986
  • Alberta Minister of Labour and Social Services 1986
  • Alberta Minister of Finance 1997
  • Elected First Leader of federal Canadian Alliance Party July 2000
  • First elected to House of Commons September 2000
  • Leader of Official Opposition 2000
  • Resigned Canadian Alliance Leadership December 2001
  • Official Opposition Critic for Foreign Affairs 2002 to 2006.
  • Appointed Conservative Minister of Public Safety 2006.


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