Editing Jim Prentice (section)

{{Short description|Premier of Alberta from 2014 to 2015}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Jim Prentice
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|QC|size=100%}}
| image               = Jim Prentice full.jpg
| caption             = Prentice in 2014
| order               = 16th
| office              = Premier of Alberta
| monarch             = [[Elizabeth II]]
| lieutenant_governor = [[Donald Ethell]]
| term_start          = September 15, 2014
| term_end            = May 24, 2015
| predecessor         = [[Dave Hancock]]
| successor           = [[Rachel Notley]]
| office2             = [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta#Party leaders|Leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta]]
| term_start2         = September 6, 2014
| term_end2           = May 5, 2015
| predecessor2        = [[Dave Hancock]] (interim)
| successor2          = [[Ric McIver]] (interim)
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| office3             = [[Minister of Environment and Climate Change|Minister of the Environment]]
| primeminister3      = [[Stephen Harper]]
| term_start3         = October 30, 2008
| term_end3           = November 4, 2010
| predecessor3        = [[John Baird (Canadian politician)|John Baird]]
| successor3          = John Baird
| office4             = [[Minister of Western Economic Diversification]]
| primeminister4      = Stephen Harper
| term_start4         = October 30, 2008
| term_end4           = November 4, 2010
| predecessor4        = [[Rona Ambrose]]
| successor4          = Rona Ambrose
| office5             = [[Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry|Minister of Industry]]
| primeminister5      = Stephen Harper
| term_start5         = August 14, 2007
| term_end5           = October 30, 2008
| predecessor5        = [[Maxime Bernier]]
| successor5          = [[Tony Clement]]
| office6             = [[Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations|Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development]]
| primeminister6      = Stephen Harper
| term_start6         = February 6, 2006
| term_end6           = August 14, 2007
| predecessor6        = [[Andy Scott (politician)|Andy Scott]]
| successor6          = [[Chuck Strahl]]{{Collapsed infobox section end}}}}
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| office11            = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly#Canada|Member]] of the<br />[[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]]<br />for [[Calgary-Foothills]]
| term_start11        = October 27, 2014
| term_end11          = May 5, 2015
| predecessor11       = [[Len Webber]]
| successor11         = [[Prasad Panda]]
| parliament12        = Canadian
| riding12            = [[Calgary Centre-North]]
| term_start12        = June 28, 2004
| term_end12          = November 14, 2010
| predecessor12       = ''Riding established''
| successor12         = [[Michelle Rempel Garner]] (2011){{Collapsed infobox section end}}}}
| birth_name          = Peter Eric James Prentice
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1956|07|20|mf=y}}
| birth_place         = [[South Porcupine]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|2016|10|13|1956|7|20|mf=y}}
| death_place         = [[Lake Country]], [[British Columbia]], Canada
| death_cause         = [[Aviation accidents and incidents|Plane crash]]
| party               = '''Provincial''':<br />[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]]<br />'''Federal''':<br />[[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] (1976–2003)<br />[[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] (2003–his death)
| portfolio           = 
| profession          = [[Lawyer]]
| spouse              = Karen Prentice
| children            = 3
| residence           = [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], Canada
| alma_mater          = {{unbulleted list|[[University of Alberta]]|[[Dalhousie University]]}}
| footnotes           = 
}}

'''Peter Eric James Prentice''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|QC}} (July 20, 1956 – October 13, 2016) was a Canadian politician who served as the 16th [[premier of Alberta]] from 2014 to 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/jim-prentice-officially-sworn-in-as-alberta-s-premier-1.2007122|title=Jim Prentice Officially Sworn In as Alberta's Premier|work=CTV News |location=Calgary |date=September 15, 2014 |access-date=15 September 2014}}</ref> In the [[2004 Canadian federal election|2004 federal election]] he was elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] as a candidate of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]]. He was re-elected in the [[2006 Canadian federal election|2006 federal election]] and appointed to the [[Cabinet of Canada|cabinet]] as [[Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Canada)|Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development]] and [[Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians]]. Prentice was appointed [[Minister of Industry (Canada)|Minister of Industry]] on August 14, 2007,<ref name="jimprentice.ca">{{cite web|url=http://www.jimprentice.ca/EN/7113/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924145436/https://www.jimprentice.ca/EN/7113/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2023|title=Jim Prentice's Official Website|work=jimprentice.ca}}</ref> and after the 2008 election became [[Minister of the Environment (Canada)|Minister of Environment]] on October 30, 2008.<ref name="jimprentice.ca"/> On November 4, 2010, Prentice announced his resignation from cabinet and as MP for [[Calgary Centre-North]]. After retiring from federal politics he entered the private sector as vice-chairman of [[CIBC]].

Prentice entered provincial politics in his home province of Alberta, and ran for the leadership of the [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta]] to replace [[Dave Hancock]], who was serving as interim Premier and party leader after [[Alison Redford]]'s resignation. On September 6, 2014, Prentice won the [[2014 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election|leadership election]], becoming both the leader of the Progressive Conservatives and as such the Premier, as his party held a [[Majority government|majority]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Alberta PC leadership vote: Jim Prentice wins on 1st ballot|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-pc-leadership-vote-jim-prentice-wins-on-1st-ballot-1.2758180|access-date=September 6, 2014|work=[[CBC News]]|date=September 6, 2014}}</ref>
As Premier of Alberta, Prentice formed a new [[Prentice cabinet|cabinet]] consisting of some members from the previous [[Redford cabinet|government]], but also new Ministers including two who did not hold seats in the Legislature—[[Stephen Mandel]] and [[Gordon Dirks]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mertz|first1=Emily|title=Jim Prentice's cabinet: Who's in and who's out?|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1564163/jim-prentices-cabinet-whos-in-and-whos-out/|website=Global News|access-date=19 February 2016 |date=September 15, 2014}}</ref> All three stood as candidates in by-elections scheduled for October 27, 2014, and all three were elected with Prentice becoming the MLA for [[Calgary-Foothills]]. After introducing his first budget in 2015, Prentice declared [[2015 Alberta general election|an early provincial election on May 5, 2015]]. In the election, Prentice's PCs suffered an unprecedented defeat, dropping to third place in the legislature with just 10 seats&nbsp;– ending 44 years of Tory rule in Alberta, the longest consecutive reign for any political party at the provincial level in Canada. Despite winning re-election in Calgary-Foothills, on election night Prentice resigned as both PC leader and MLA and retired from politics after results indicated that the [[Alberta New Democratic Party|Alberta NDP]] had won a majority government.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jim Prentice resigns after orange wave sweeps Alberta|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/elections/alberta-votes/jim-prentice-resigns-after-orange-wave-sweeps-alberta-1.3062789|access-date=25 February 2016|work=[[CBC News]]|date=5 May 2015}}</ref>

On October 13, 2016, Prentice and three others were killed when the aircraft in which they were travelling crashed shortly after taking off from [[Kelowna, British Columbia]].<ref name=death>{{cite news | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/jim-prentice-plane-crash-killed-1.3804941 |title=Former Alberta premier Jim Prentice among 4 killed in B.C. plane crash | date= October 13, 2016 |access-date= October 14, 2016 |publisher=[[CBC News]] |last1=Fletcher |first1=Robson}}</ref> The flight was en route from Kelowna to Springbank Airport, just outside Calgary.