Jim Prentice

Peter Eric James "Jim" Prentice, PC QC (born July 20, 1956) is a Canadian politician who was the 16th Premier of Alberta from 2014 to 2015. 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, 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.

Jim Prentice (footballer)

Jim Prentice (born 28 December 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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