Grant Roy Hunter (born November 9, 1967) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the

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and

2019 Alberta general election The 2019 Alberta general election was held on April 16, 2019, to elect 87 members to the 30th Alberta Legislature. In its first general election contest, the Jason Kenney-led United Conservative Party (UCP) won 54.88% of the popular vote and 63 ...

s to represent the

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s of

Cardston-Taber-Warner Cardston-Taber-Warner was a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-pos ...

and

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in the 29th and

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, respectively.

Before Politics

Hunter has owned and operated his own commercial/residential construction company for over 2 decades. Earning a Bachelor’s of Science degree (Economics and Political Science) and a Master’s of Business Administration degree.

Political career

In opposition

Hunter was elected in the

2015 Alberta general election The 2015 Alberta general election was held on May 5, 2015, following a request of Premier Jim Prentice to the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Donald Ethell to dissolve the Legislative Assembly on April 7, 2015. This election elected members to th ...

, initially with the Wildrose. Hunter served in the opposition as Shadow Minister for Transportation and Technology, Shadow Minister for Jobs, Skills, Training, Labour and Red Tape Reduction, along with being the critic for Labour.

2019 to Present

After the

, Hunter was made Associate Minister of Red Tape Reduction for the new United Conservative government, a position which he held from April 30, 2019 to July 07, 2021. In January 2021, with Hunter as Associate Minister, the

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upgraded Alberta to an A from the previous B-minus grade for red tape. It was the first time in the 11-year history of the CFIB red tape report card that Alberta had earned an A-grade. CFIB estimates that between May 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020, Alberta’s government cut red tape by more than six per cent. The CFIB also awarded Hunter with the 2020 Golden Scissors Award for cutting red tape.

Personal life

He resides in Taber, Alberta with his wife, Angie, and has five children and four grandchildren.

Electoral record

2023 general election

2019 general election

2015 general election

References

Wildrose Party MLAs Living people 1967 births Brigham Young University alumni Canadian Latter Day Saints 21st-century Canadian politicians People from Cardston United Conservative Party MLAs Members of the Executive Council of Alberta {{Alberta-politician-stub