Jim Dinning
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Jim Dinning (Born December 4, 1952 in Edmonton) is a Canadian Progressive Conservative politician and businessman. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1986 - 1997), and now serves on the board of directors of a variety of Canadian companies. Dinning ran for the leadership of the Alberta Progressive Conservatives to replace Ralph Klein as Premier of Alberta. Dinning raised over 2 million dollars for his leadership bid but was ultimately defeated by leadership candidate Ed Stelmach when party members voted for Klein's replacement on 2 December 2006.
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[edit] Political history
After graduating at Western Canada High School in 1970[1], Dinning went on to obtain his Bachelor of Commerce honours degree from Queen's University in 1974. He also earned a Masters degree in Public Administration from Queen's in 1977.
Elected in the riding of Calgary Shaw in 1986, Dinning held the riding until 1993. During this time he served in a variety of positions within the provincial government. He was the Minister of Community and Occupational Health from 1986 to 1988, the Minister of Education from 1988 to 1992, and he served as the Provincial Treasurer from 1992 to 1997.
In 2006, Dinning ran for leadership of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta party. Dinning ultimately lost the party election to Ed Stelmach as a result of a second ballot vote on December 2, 2006. During much of the campaign, he held at least a 20-point lead over his closest competitor and over a 40-point lead on Stelmach.
[edit] Electoral record
[edit] 1986
Calgary--Shaw
- Jim Dinning (PC) 6,694 61.5%
- Brendan Dunphy (Lib) 2,727 25.1%
- Len Curie (NDP) 1,166 10.7%
- Byron L. Chenger (Rep) 295 2.7%
[edit] 1989
Calgary--Shaw
- Jim Dinning (PC) 7,412 52.9% (-8.6%)
- Bob Crump (Lib) 4,865 34.7% (+9.7%)
- Gordon M. Christie (NDP) 1,728 12.3% (+1.6%)
[edit] 1993
Calgary--Lougheed (compared to Calgary--Shaw, which covered much of the same area in southwest Calgary)
- Jim Dinning (PC) 7,280 52.8% (-0.2%)
- Jack Driscoll (Lib) 5,803 42.1% (+7.3%)
- Catherine Rose (NDP) 502 3.6% (-8.7%)
- Peter Hope (CoR) 122 0.9% (-)
- Ida Bugmann (NLP) 88 0.6% (-)
[edit] Career history
He was an executive vice-president of TransAlta Corporation from June of 1999 to December of 2004.
Dinning currently sits on the board of directors of several companies that are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. They are: Finning International, Shaw Communications, Russel Metals, Parkland Income Fund, and the Liquor Stores Income Fund. Dinning also serves as chairman of the board of the Western Financial Group.
Dinning was the chair of the Calgary Health Region from 1999 to 2001. He is also a director of the Banff Centre, the Canada West Foundation, the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, the Canadian Policy Research Networks, and the Alberta Energy Research Institute. Dinning has also served as chairman of the Canadian Clean Power Coalition, which is comprised of major power producers such as ATCO, Epcor, TransAlta, Luscar, SaskPower, and Nova Scotia Power.
The University of Calgary honoured Dinning in 2002 with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
[edit] External links
- Official web site of Jim Dinning
- Executive profile (2003) - Provided by Pacific Northwest Economic Region
- Jim Dinning to Receive 2005 CNIB Vision Award (April 21, 2005) - Announcement of award by Canadian National Institute for the Blind.
| Preceded by New District |
MLA Calgary Shaw 1986-1993 |
Succeeded by Jon Havelock |
| Preceded by New District |
MLA Calgary Lougheed 1993-1997 |
Succeeded by Marlene Graham |
| Shaw Communications Inc. |
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Corporate Directors: Adrian Burns | Jim Dinning | George Galbraith | Ronald Joyce | Charles Keating | Don Mazankowski | Michael O'Brien | Harold Roozen | Jeffrey Royer | Bradley Shaw | Jim Shaw | J.R. Shaw | J.C. Sparkman | John S. Thomas | Bill Yuill |
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Annual Revenue: $2.08 billion CAN ( |
| 2006 Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership candidates | |
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| Winner: Ed Stelmach Defeated on the second ballot: Dinning | Morton Defeated on the first ballot: Doerksen | Hancock | Norris | McPherson | Oberg |
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