Cal Dallas
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The Honourable Cal Dallas | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Red Deer-South | |
| In office March 3, 2008 – May 5, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Victor Doerksen |
| Succeeded by | Barb Miller |
| Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations and Aboriginal Relations in the Alberta government | |
| In office October 12, 2011 – May 8, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Iris Evans |
| Succeeded by | Robin Campbell |
| Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations in the Alberta government | |
| In office May 8, 2012 – May 24, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Iris Evans |
| Succeeded by | Rachel Notley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 10, 1956 |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse | Jacqueline |
| Children | Scott and Alicia |
| Occupation | Newspaper Publisher |
Calvin Kenneth Dallas ECA (born May 10, 1956) is a Canadian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Red Deer-South as a Progressive Conservative.
Dallas grew up in Central Alberta, spending much of his childhood in Innisfail. After high school, he took farm and ranch management at Olds College.
Dallas then entered the printing and publishing industry where he remained for 25 years, spending nine of those years as publisher of the Red Deer Express. In 2004, he received the Bill Draayer Award from the Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association.
In 2004, Dallas became executive director of the Red Deer Chamber of Commerce.
Political career
Dallas was elected as MLA of Red Deer-South for the second time in the 2012 Alberta general election, with support from 44 per cent of the voters in the constituency. In the 2008 Alberta general election, he won the election with 56 per cent of votes.
From 2011 to 2014 he served as the Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations in Alberta. Prior to this role, he was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance and Enterprise, and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Environment. Prior to this role he was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Environment.[1]
In addition to his regular duties as MLA, he previously served as a member of the Public Accounts Committee, the Standing Committee on the Economy, and the Standing Committee on Private Bills. Dallas has also co-chaired the Climate-Change Central Board and the Overall Factors Task Team with the Alberta Competitiveness Initiative, was vice-chair of the Regulatory Enhancement Project Task force, was a member of the Regulatory Review Secretariat and has served on the Cabinet Policy Committee on Energy.[2]
