Michael Henry (Alberta politician)

Michael Henry (born 1955) is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 1997.^[1]

Political career

Henry was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1993 Alberta general election picking up the electoral district of Edmonton Centre for the Liberals. The race that year was hotly contested as Henry faced seven other candidates. A three way race emerged between Henry, NDP candidate Kay Hurtig and Progressive Conservative John Wheelwright. Henry took the district with a comfortable showing winning by a 2000 vote margin over Wheelwright.^[2]

Henry did not run for a second term in office and retired at dissolution of the legislature in 1997.

Late life

After public life Michael Henry joined Grant MacEwan University, a public four year undergraduate baccalaureate institution in Edmonton, Alberta Canada where he is the Associate Dean of the School of Business. He is also a partner in a consulting firm, Abells Henry Public Affairs.

References

2. "Edmonton-Centre results 1993". Alberta Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 2008-04-18.

External links

• Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing