Adam Germain

Adam Germain is a former provincial level politician, lawyer and current Court of Queen's Bench Justice from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 1997.

Political career

Germain was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1993 Alberta general election. He won the electoral district of Fort McMurray picking it up for the Liberals.[1]

Germain did not run for a second term in provincial office, instead choosing to run in the 1997 Canadian federal election. He ran against incumbent Reform Member of Parliament David Chatters and finished a distant second taking 30% of the popular vote.[2]

Judicial career

After his provincial political career, Germain continued to work as a lawyer in Fort McMurray, Alberta and was later appointed as a justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta. In 2007 he was awarded the 2007 Faculty of Law Sessional Teaching Excellence Award by the University of Alberta.[3]

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References

  1. "Fort McMurray results 1993". Alberta Heritage. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  2. "Athabasca election results 1997". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  3. "Congratulations to our 2007 Teaching Excellence Award Recipients". University of Alberta. Archived from the original on April 28, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Preceded by
Norm Weiss
MLA Fort McMurray
1993-1997
Succeeded by
Guy Boutilier


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