Jim Edwards (Canadian politician)
| Jim Edwards PC | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Edmonton South | |
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In office 1984–1988 | |
| Preceded by | Douglas Roche |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Edmonton Southwest | |
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In office 1988–1993 | |
| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | Ian McClelland |
| President of the Treasury Board | |
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In office 1993–1993 | |
| Preceded by | Gilles Loiselle |
| Succeeded by | Art Eggleton |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
James Stewart Edwards 1936 |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
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 served as the chair of the board of governors at the University of Alberta from March 2002 to 2006.
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