Allan Warrack
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Allan Alexander Warrack (born May 24, 1937) is a former provincial level politician and current University Professor from Alberta
, Canada
. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus from 1971 to 1979. During his time in office he served a couple different cabinet portfolios in the government of Premier Peter Lougheed
. He currently teaches at the University of Alberta
.
. He won a hotly contested race defeating incumbent Raymond Ratzlaff
by 8 votes to pick up the Three Hills electoral district for the Progressive Conservatives who went on to form government in that election.
After the election Premier Peter Lougheed
appointed Warrack to the Executive Council of Alberta
. He would serve as Minister of Lands and Forests. Warrack ran for a second term in office with ministerial advantage in the 1975 Alberta general election
. He would defeat three other candidates easily to be returned to his seat.
Lougheed shuffled Warrack after the election to serve as the Minister of Utilities and Telephones. He would retire from provincial politics at dissolution of the Assembly in 1979.
He also serves a position on the National Research Council of Canada.
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Queen, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton...
sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus from 1971 to 1979. During his time in office he served a couple different cabinet portfolios in the government of Premier Peter Lougheed
Peter Lougheed
Edgar Peter Lougheed, PC, CC, AOE, QC, is a Canadian lawyer, and a former politician and Canadian Football League player. He served as the tenth Premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985....
. He currently teaches at the University of Alberta
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
.
Political career
Warrack ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1971 Alberta general electionAlberta general election, 1971
The Alberta general election of 1971 was the seventeenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on August 30, 1971 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....
. He won a hotly contested race defeating incumbent Raymond Ratzlaff
Raymond Ratzlaff
Raymond Samuel Ratzlaff was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government...
by 8 votes to pick up the Three Hills electoral district for the Progressive Conservatives who went on to form government in that election.
After the election Premier Peter Lougheed
Peter Lougheed
Edgar Peter Lougheed, PC, CC, AOE, QC, is a Canadian lawyer, and a former politician and Canadian Football League player. He served as the tenth Premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985....
appointed Warrack to the Executive Council of Alberta
Executive Council of Alberta
The Executive Council of Alberta is the cabinet of that Canadian province.Almost always made up of members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, the Cabinet is similar in structure and role to the Cabinet of Canada while being smaller in size...
. He would serve as Minister of Lands and Forests. Warrack ran for a second term in office with ministerial advantage in the 1975 Alberta general election
Alberta general election, 1975
The Alberta general election of 1975 was the eighteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 25, 1975 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....
. He would defeat three other candidates easily to be returned to his seat.
Lougheed shuffled Warrack after the election to serve as the Minister of Utilities and Telephones. He would retire from provincial politics at dissolution of the Assembly in 1979.
Late life
After leaving provincial politics Warrack became a Professor at the University of Alberta with the Department of Marketing, Business Economics and Law in the Faculty of Business and also serves as the Associate Dean of the Master of Public Management Program and Vice-President of Administration.He also serves a position on the National Research Council of Canada.