Michael B. Percy is an academic and former politician in

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, Canada. Percy, an economics professor at the

University of Alberta The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a Public university, public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford,"A Gentleman of Strathcona – Alexande ...

, was elected as an

Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party (french: Parti libéral de l'Alberta) is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1905, it is the oldest active political party in Alberta and was the dominant political party until the 1921 election ...

member in

Edmonton-Whitemud Edmonton-Whitemud is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. In 1989, its constituents unseated the Premier of the day, Donald Getty, by voting for Liberal candidate Percy Wickman. The district was ...

after former MLA Percy Wickman switched to a new riding. Percy held the riding for one term, serving as Finance Critic until retiring from elected life in 1997. At that point, he was appointed as the Stanley A. Milner Professor and Dean of the Alberta School of Business at the

, a position he held until July 1, 2011. In 2019, Percy was named a member of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta’s Finances by Alberta Premier

Jason Kenney Jason Thomas Kenney (born May 30, 1968) is a Canadian former politician who served as the 18th premier of Alberta from 2019 until 2022 and the leader of the United Conservative Party (UCP) from 2017 until 2022. He also served as the member of ...

. The final report outlined 26 recommendations to improve Alberta's finances. Percy is married to Debby Carlson who was also a Liberal member in the Legislative Assembly at that time.

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External links

Michael Percy biography
for the Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta
Michael Percy biography
for the Institute of Public Economics at the

Living people Alberta Liberal Party MLAs University of Alberta faculty Year of birth missing (living people) {{Alberta-politician-stub