Pat Nelson

Patricia "Pat" Nelson née Black is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. As a member of the ruling Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta, she served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the Calgary Foothills electoral district from 1989 to 2004. During this time she served as a minister in a number of portfolios: Energy, Economic Development and Tourism, Government Services, and Finance. She also served as Deputy Government House Leader and as a member of Treasury Board.

Political career

Black was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the first time in a hotly contested three way race in the 1989 Alberta general election. She won her second term in office in the 1993 Alberta general election, winning in a landslide. Nelson won her third term in office in the 1997 Alberta general election, again by a large majority.^[1]

Black married in 1998 and changed her last name to Nelson.

Nelson won her fourth term in office with another massive landslide victory in the 2001 Alberta general election.^[2]

During her years as finance minister in the governments of Premier Ralph Klein, Nelson oversaw the retirement of the Alberta provincial debt.^[3]

References

1. "Calgary Foothills Official Results 1971–1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
2. "Calgary Foothills Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
3. "Alberta's Future Looks Strong, says Finance Minister". Entrepreneurial Chartered Accountants of Calgary. June 18, 2003. Retrieved 2008-03-14.