Jump to content

Jim Edwards (Canadian politician)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 69.116.247.88 (talk) at 04:12, 22 January 2011 (I have added a picture of him.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

This article is about the Canadian politician. For other people known as Jim Edwards, see James Edwards (disambiguation).


James Stewart "Jim" Edwards, PC (born 1936) is a former Canadian politician.

He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1984 general election as a Progressive Conservative from Alberta. He served as a parliamentary secretary to several ministers in the government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Following Mulroney's resignation as PC leader and prime minister in 1993, Edwards was a candidate at the PC leadership convention held to choose a successor. He placed third.

He was appointed Chief Government Whip and President of the Treasury Board in the short lived cabinet of Prime Minister Kim Campbell. He lost his seat in that year's 1993 election that reduced the Tories to only two Members of Parliament in the House.

Edwards was the President and CEO of Economic Development Edmonton from 1998 to 2002, and since March 2002 has served as the Chair of the Board of Governors at the University of Alberta.

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Member of Parliament Edmonton South
1984–1988 		Succeeded by
District Abolished
Preceded by
New District
 Member of Parliament Edmonton Southwest
1988–1993 		Succeeded by

Template:Persondata

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jim_Edwards_(Canadian_politician)&oldid=409301428"