Cindy Ady
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| Cindy Ady | |
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MLA for Calgary Shaw
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| Assumed office March 15, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Jon Havelock |
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Minister of Tourism, Parks and Recreation Alberta government
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| Assumed office March 13, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | New portfolio |
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Associate Minister of Tourism Promotion in the Alberta government
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| In office June 21, 2007 – March 13, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | New portfolio |
| Succeeded by | Portfolio terminated |
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| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse | Don Ady |
| Children | Four sons: Brent, Justin, Jeffrey, Scott |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University |
| Occupation | Consultant |
| Religion | Latter Day Saints |
| Website | http://www.cindyady.com |
Cindy Ady is a Canadian politician and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. She has served in this capacity since the 2001 provincial election, sitting as a Progressive Conservative. She is currently the Minister of the Tourism, Parks and Recreation department in the Ed Stelmach government.
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[edit] Early life
Ady was born in San Antonio, Texas and attended Brigham Young University from 1975 until 1979, where she studied Communications.[1] She owned a custom home construction business and was later, after moving to Canada, a self-employed community development consultant. In this capacity she developed a business plan and funding proposal for Centennial High School, which opened in 2004.[2]
[edit] Political career
[edit] Electoral record
Ady first sought office in the 2001 election, when she was elected in Calgary Shaw with 80.7% of the vote.[3] She was re-elected in 2004, when her share of the vote fell to 63.4%, and again in 2008, when it fell to 58.2%.[3]
[edit] Backbencher
Ady started off as a backbencher in the Ralph Klein government. During her first term, she sponsored the St. Mary’s College Amendment Act, a private bill that allowed St. Mary's College to become a university college and grant degrees after being passed without objection.[4][5] During her second term she sponsored a pair of government bills. The Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, which passed with all-party support, changed the regulatory regime faced by pharmacies and eliminated the requirement that doctors' prescriptions include a precise amount to be prescribed, to allow pharmacists some discretion on the question.[6][7] The Personal Directives Amendment Act amended the province's statute involving personal directives - a written instruction on personal matters to be brought into effect in the event of the director's incapacity - to allow them to be suspended in the event that somebody making one regains capacity. It too passed with all-party support.[8][9]
[edit] Minister
On June 21, Premier Ed Stelmach appointed Ady Associate Minister of Tourism Promotion as part of an effort to put more Calgarians in cabinet after his party lost the riding of Calgary Elbow to Liberal Craig Cheffins.[10] After the 2008 election, she was promoted to a full minister, of Tourism, Parks and Recreation.[11] In this capacity, she sponsored the Travel Alberta Act, which would establish Travel Alberta, hitherto a government department, as a statutory corporation.[12]
[edit] Idaho-Alberta Transboundary Task Force
In September of 2007 it emerged that Ady had been paid $11,500 for sitting on the "Idaho-Alberta Transboundary Task Force", which the Edmonton Journal suggested was a strange name given that Alberta does not share a border with Idaho.[13] Neither Ady nor her colleague Barry McFarland, who had been paid approximately $7,600 for sitting on the same committee, provided any evidence of work done by the task force, but both said that work was done (Ady said "I just need to tell you that I was in charge of making sure that we had a good relationship with Idaho.").[13] The committee had been disbanded in September of 2006 after internal Alberta government documents concluded that "both sides agree that the existing agreement, which established a formalized annual consultation structure, has not functioned all that well and that we should consider something less formal..."[13] Idaho State Representative Max Black, the sole Idaho representative on the body who was not paid extra for it, said that he had never heard of Ady or McFarland.[13][14] The payout was criticized by Liberal leader Kevin Taft, New Democratic leader Brian Mason, and Scott Hennig of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.[13]
[edit] Personal life
Ady is married to Don Ady, son of former Cardston and Cardston-Chief Mountain MLA Jack Ady,[1] who she identifies as her political hero.[15] The pair has four sons: Brent, Jeffrey, Justin, and Scott.[2]
[edit] Election results
| 2008 Alberta general election results (Calgary Shaw) | Turnout 39.9% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Cindy Ady | 7,122 | 51.2% | |
| Liberal | John Roggeveen | 3,002 | 24.5% | |
| Wildrose Alliance | Richard Dur | 1,282 | 10.5% | |
| Green | Jennifer Oss-Saunders | 499 | 4.1% | |
| NDP | Jenn Carlson | 335 | 2.7% | |
| 2004 Alberta general election results (Calgary Shaw) | Turnout 40.3% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Cindy Ady | 6,735 | 63.4% | |
| Liberal | John Roggeveen | 2,410 | 22.7% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Barry Chase | 620 | 5.8% | |
| Green | Rick Papineau | 381 | 3.6% | |
| NDP | Jarrett Young | 300 | 2.8% | |
| Separation | Daniel Doherty | 170 | 1.6% | |
| 2001 Alberta general election results (Calgary Shaw) | Turnout 51.0% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Cindy Ady | 20,306 | 80.7% | |
| Liberal | Jim McPhearson | 3,595 | 14.3% | |
| NDP | Ryan Falkenberg | 729 | 2.9% | |
| Alberta First | Peter Singleton | 222 | 0.9% | |
| Independent | Keven Agar | 153 | 0.6% | |
| Independent | Derin Popik | 151 | 0.6% | |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Biography for Mrs. Cindy Ady. Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved on 2007-06-27.
- ^ a b Cindy Ady's biography on her website. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
- ^ a b Alberta's past election results. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
- ^ Bill Status Report for the 25th Legislature - 4th Session (2004). Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ^ Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly of Alberta, March 30, 2004
- ^ Bill Status Report for the 26th Legislature - 1st Session (2005). Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ^ Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly of Alberta, April 7, 2005
- ^ Bill Status Report for the 26th Legislature - 3rd Session (2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ^ Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly of Alberta, April 7, 2007
- ^ Stelmach puts more Calgarians in cabinet date=June 22, 2006. Globe and Mail. Retrieved on 2007-06-27.
- ^ Markusoff, Jason. "Stelmach reveals new, bigger cabinet", Calgary Herald, March 12, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
- ^ Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly of Alberta, May 5, 2008
- ^ a b c d e McLean, Archie. "$19,000 payday for little work", Edmonton Journal, September 25, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
- ^ McLean, Archie. "Liberal MLA gives back committee pay", Edmonton Journal, September 26, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
- ^ "Calgary candidate profiles, Alberta election 2008", Calgary Sun. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
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| Predecessor | Office | Successor |
| New portfolio | Minister of Tourism, Parks and Recreation (2008–present) |
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| New portfolio | Associate Minister of Tourism Promotion (2007–2008) |
Portfolio abolished |
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