Allan Warrack
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Allan Alexander Warrack
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| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1937|5|24}}
| birth_place = Calgary, Alberta, Canada{{cite book|title=Who's Who in the West|date=1980|volume=17|publisher=Marquis Who's Who, Incorporated|isbn=9780837909172|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H-cTAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=November 17, 2014}}
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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
| constituency = Three Hills
| term_start = August 30, 1971
| term_end = March 14, 1979
| predecessor = Raymond Ratzlaff
| successor = Connie Osterman
| party = Progressive Conservative (before 2019)
NDP (2019 onward){{cite news|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-rachel-notley-has-led-like-lougheed|title=Opinion: Rachel Notley has led like Lougheed|author=Allan A. Warrack|work=Edmonton Journal|date=April 13, 2019|accessdate=6 April 2021}}
| office1 = Minister of Lands and Forests
| term_start1 = September 10, 1971
| term_end1 = March 1975
| predecessor1 = Joseph Ross
| successor1 =Bud Miller
| office2 = Minister of Utilities and Telephones
| term_start2 = March 1975
| term_end2 = March 1979
| predecessor2 = Roy Farran
| successor2 =Larry Shaben
| religion =
| occupation = Professor, politician
| spouse = Jean Warrack
}}
Allan Alexander Warrack (born May 24, 1937) is a former politician from Alberta, Canada. He was in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as a member of the governing Progressive Conservative caucus from 1971 to 1979. He held several portfolios in the government of Premier Peter Lougheed. He currently{{when|date=April 2021}} teaches at the University of Alberta.
Political career
Warrack first ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1971 general election, as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the electoral district of Three Hills. He defeated the incumbent, Raymond Ratzlaff, by eight votes to win the seat for his party.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1971&Constit=Three_Hills| title=Three Hills results 1971| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=December 5, 2009}}
After the election, Lougheed appointed Warrack Minister of Lands and Forests. In the 1975 general election, he defeated three other candidates.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1975&Constit=Three_Hills| title=Three Hills results 1975| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=December 5, 2009}} After the election, Lougheed moved Warrack to the Ministry of Utilities and Telephones. He retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the Assembly in 1979.
Late life
After leaving politics, Warrack became a Professor (Emeritus) at the University of Alberta with the Department of Marketing, Business Economics and Law in the Faculty of Business. He is also the Associate Dean of the Master of Public Management Program and Vice-President of Administration. He holds a position on the National Research Council Canada.{{cite web|title=Allan Warrack|publisher=National Research Council of Canada|url=http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/about/warrack.html|accessdate=December 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611200757/http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/about/warrack.html|archive-date=June 11, 2011|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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Category:Members of the Executive Council of Alberta
Category:Politicians from Calgary
Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta