Jim Prentice

The Honourable Jim Prentice PC QC
Prentice in 2014
16th Premier of Alberta
In office September 15, 2014 – May 24, 2015
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Lieutenant Governor	Donald Ethell
Preceded by	Dave Hancock
Succeeded by	Rachel Notley
Leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
In office September 6, 2014 – May 5, 2015
Preceded by	Dave Hancock (interim)
Succeeded by	Ric McIver (interim)
28th Canadian Ministry Minister of the Environment In office October 30, 2008 – November 4, 2010 Prime Minister Stephen Harper Preceded by John Baird Succeeded by John Baird Minister of Western Economic Diversification In office October 30, 2008 – November 4, 2010 Prime Minister Stephen Harper Preceded by Rona Ambrose Succeeded by Rona Ambrose Minister of Industry In office August 14, 2007 – October 30, 2008 Prime Minister Stephen Harper Preceded by Maxime Bernier Succeeded by Tony Clement Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development In office February 6, 2006 – August 14, 2007 Prime Minister Stephen Harper Preceded by Andy Scott Succeeded by Chuck Strahl
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Foothills In office October 27, 2014 – May 5, 2015 Preceded by Len Webber Succeeded by Prasad Panda Member of Parliament for Calgary Centre-North In office June 28, 2004 – November 14, 2010 Preceded by Riding established Succeeded by Michelle Rempel Garner (2011)
Personal details
Born	Peter Eric James Prentice (1956-07-20)July 20, 1956 South Porcupine, Ontario, Canada
Died	October 13, 2016(2016-10-13) (aged 60) Lake Country, British Columbia, Canada
Cause of death	Plane crash
Political party	Provincial: Progressive Conservative Federal: Progressive Conservative (1976–2003) Conservative (2003–his death)
Spouse	Karen Prentice
Children	3
Residence(s)	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Alma mater	University of Alberta Dalhousie University
Profession	Lawyer

Peter Eric James Prentice PC QC (July 20, 1956 – October 13, 2016) was a Canadian politician who served as the 16th premier of Alberta from 2014 to 2015.^[1] In the 2004 federal election he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada 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,^[2] and after the 2008 election became Minister of Environment on October 30, 2008.^[2] On November 4, 2010, Prentice announced his resignation from cabinet and as MP for Calgary Centre-North. After retiring from federal politics he entered the private sector as vice-chairman of CIBC.

Prentice entered provincial politics in his home province of Alberta, and ran for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta to replace Dave Hancock, who was serving as interim Premier and party leader after Alison Redford's resignation. On September 6, 2014, Prentice won the leadership election, becoming both the leader of the Progressive Conservatives and as such the Premier, as his party held a majority in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.^[3] As Premier of Alberta, Prentice formed a new cabinet consisting of some members from the previous government, but also new Ministers including two who did not hold seats in the Legislature—Stephen Mandel and Gordon Dirks.^[4] All three stood as candidates in by-elections scheduled for October 27, 2014, and all three were elected with Prentice becoming the MLA for Calgary-Foothills. After introducing his first budget in 2015, Prentice declared an early provincial election on May 5, 2015. In the election, Prentice's PCs suffered an unprecedented defeat, dropping to third place in the legislature with just 10 seats – ending 44 years of Tory rule in Alberta, the longest consecutive reign for any political party at the provincial level in Canada. Despite winning re-election in Calgary-Foothills, on election night Prentice resigned as both PC leader and MLA and retired from politics after results indicated that the Alberta NDP had won a majority government.^[5]

On October 13, 2016, Prentice and three others were killed when the aircraft in which they were travelling crashed shortly after taking off from Kelowna, British Columbia.^[6] The flight was en route from Kelowna to Springbank Airport, just outside Calgary.