Jim Edwards (Canadian politician)

James Stewart Edwards, PC (born August 31, 1936) is a Canadian former politician.

The Honourable Jim Edwards PC
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Edmonton South
In office 1984–1988
Preceded by	Douglas Roche
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Edmonton Southwest
In office 1988–1993
Preceded by	first member
Succeeded by	Ian McClelland
President of the Treasury Board
In office 1993–1993
Preceded by	Gilles Loiselle
Succeeded by	Art Eggleton
Personal details
Born	James Stewart Edwards (1936-08-31) August 31, 1936 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Political party	Progressive Conservative

He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1984 general election as a Progressive Conservative from Alberta. He served as a parliamentary secretary to several ministers in the government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Following Mulroney's resignation as PC leader and prime minister in 1993, Edwards was a candidate at the PC leadership convention held to choose a successor. He placed third.

He was appointed chief government Whip and President of the Treasury Board in the short lived cabinet of Prime Minister Kim Campbell. He lost his seat in that year's 1993 election that reduced the Tories to only two Members of Parliament in the House.

Edwards was the president and CEO of Economic Development Edmonton from 1998 to 2002 and served as the chair of the board of governors at the University of Alberta from March 2002 to 2006.

External links

• Jim Edwards – Parliament of Canada biography