Jack William Ady (September 22, 1932 – November 26, 2019) was a provincial-level politician from

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, Canada. He served as a member of the

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from 1986 to 1997. He was born in

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Political career

Ady was elected to the

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in the

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. He won the electoral district of

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by a comfortable margin to hold the district for the Progressive Conservatives defeating three other candidates. He was re-elected to his second term in the

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. He defeated two other candidates in a landslide. Premier

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appointed Ady as the Minister of Advanced Education and Technology and Career Development in 1992, he held that post until he left office in 1997. In 2008 the Alberta government disbanded the existing health care boards and created one single provincial board. It was titled the Alberta Health Services Board. Ady was appointed to the new 15 member board, where he served until August 31, 2010. The riding of Cardston was abolished due to redistribution for the

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. Ady ran for re-election in the new electoral district of

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. He won that district by slightly reduced plurality defeating two other candidates. Ady did not run for a fourth term and retired at dissolution of the Assembly in 1997. His daughter in law Cindy Ady was the MLA for the electoral district of Calgary Shaw from 2001 to 2012. Ady is a father of five children: Donald, Jack (Douglas), Lori, John, and Robert.

Late life

After leaving political office, Ady joined the

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Board of Governors in 2000. A year later, on August 21, 2001, Minister of Learning

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appointed him as Chair the Board. He died on November 26, 2019.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
1932 births 2019 deaths Canadian Latter Day Saints Members of the Executive Council of Alberta People from Cardston Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs 20th-century Canadian legislators {{Alberta-politician-stub