Prasad Panda is a Canadian politician who was elected to the

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in a 2015 by-election, replacing former Alberta Premier

Jim Prentice Peter Eric James Prentice (July 20, 1956 – October 13, 2016) was a Canadian politician who served as the 16th premier of Alberta from 2014 to 2015. In the 2004 federal election he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a candidat ...

, and the

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s to represent the electoral district of

Calgary-Foothills Calgary-Foothills is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the northwest corner of Calgary. It elected six consecutive Progressive Conservative MLAs from its creation in 1971 until oust ...

. He is a member of the

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. With his party forming majority government Panda joined the

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as the Minister of Infrastructure beginning on April 30, 2019. In the by-election to the

29th Alberta Legislature The 29th Alberta Legislative Assembly was constituted after the general election on May 5, 2015. The New Democrats, led by Rachel Notley, won a majority of seats and formed the government. The Wildrose Party, which won the second most seats, for ...

, Panda was a member of the

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and defeated former Calgary city councillor and Alberta NDP MLA Bob Hawkesworth by 1598 votes, winning 38.3% of all votes cast. In 2017, joined the

and became the party's energy critic. Panda introduced Motion 505, a resolution calling on the federal government to ban the import of oil from countries with a poor human rights or environmental record, and to facilitate pipelines within Canada to ensure better prices for Alberta oil."Breakenridge: Governments should stand back and let energy economy take its course"
'' Calgary Herald'', June 6, 2017.

Electoral history

Calgary-Foothills

Calgary-Northern Hills

References

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