Doug Black

Black was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta. In 1970, he graduated from Ernest Manning High School in Calgary.[http://www.canadaschoolofenergy.com/fr/uploads/Black.pdf Douglas Black biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221220413/http://www.canadaschoolofenergy.com/fr/uploads/Black.pdf |date=2014-02-21 }} Canada School of Energy He attended the University of Alberta, where he was actively involved in student government, and in 1975, graduated from Dalhousie University with a Bachelor of Laws. He was called to the Newfoundland Bar in 1977 and the Alberta Bar in 1994.[http://www.fmc-law.com/People/BlackQCDouglas.aspx Douglas J. Black Q.C., LL.B., Vice Chair] Fraser Milner Casgrain Law

Black is a senior counselor for Dentons Canada LLP. His legal expertise is in corporate, commercial and energy law. He is former chairman of the board of the Michaëlle Jean Foundation and was founder of the Lake Crest Independent School in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. He is Governor-Emeritus of the Banff Centre, where he was National Co-chair of the centre's successful $130 million campus revitalization campaign.{{cite web |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/SenatorsMembers/Senate/SenatorsBiography/isenator_det.asp?senator_id=3567&sortord=N&Language=E&M=M |title=Senators - Detailed Information |work=parl.gc.ca |year=2013 |access-date=January 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806221056/http://www.parl.gc.ca/SenatorsMembers/Senate/SenatorsBiography/isenator_det.asp?senator_id=3567&sortord=N&Language=E&M=M |archive-date=August 6, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

Black has been a proponent for responsible energy development and an advocate for diversifying Canada's energy markets. He was founding president of the Energy Policy Institute of Canada, a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the development of a Canadian energy framework.

In August 2012, Black was named as one of Canada's 25 most influential lawyers for 2012 by Canadian Lawyer Magazine.{{cite web |url=http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/4261/the-top-25-most-influential/Page-5.html |title=The Top 25 Most Influential |author=Gail J. Cohen |date=August 6, 2012 |access-date=May 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026065642/http://canadianlawyermag.com/4261/the-top-25-most-influential/Page-5.html |archive-date=October 26, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

Black ran as one of three Progressive Conservative senate nominees in the 2012 Alberta Senate nominee election. He finished first out of thirteen candidates in the province-wide vote, taking 428,791 votes.{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.ab.ca/wtResultsSNE.htm |title=Senate Nominee - Official Poll Results |work=results.elections.ab.ca |year=2012 |access-date=January 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701084658/http://results.elections.ab.ca/wtResultsSNE.htm |archive-date=July 1, 2012 |url-status=dead }} He was appointed to the Senate on January 25, 2013,{{cite web |url=http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?category=1&featureId=6&pageId=26&id=5260 |title=PM announces the appointment of five new senators - Prime Minister of Canada |work=pm.gc.ca |year=2013 |access-date=January 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520143845/http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?category=1&featureId=6&pageId=26&id=5260 |archive-date=May 20, 2013 }} and sat as a Conservative until July 2016, when he changed his designation to Independent.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cknw.com/syn/110/116704/senator-doug-black-to-sit-as-independent|title=News Talk 980 CKNW | Vancouver's News. Vancouver's Talk}} He subsequently joined the Independent Senators Group{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} and, on November 4, 2019, he joined the Canadian Senators Group.{{cite web |title=Senators List |url=https://sencanada.ca/en/senators-list/ |website=Senate of Canada |date=September 2016 |access-date=5 November 2019}}

Black sat on the Senate Committees on Transport and Communications; and serves as chair on the Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce.

He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2002 and was awarded the Alberta Centennial Medal in December 2005 for community leadership. Black has also received the designation of ICD.D from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Prior to being appointed to the Senate of Canada, Black served as chair of the Board of Governors at the University of Calgary. In August 2012, he repaid $5,343.86 not covered by the University of Calgary expense policy. Black's total expenses were $28,030.88 over 18 months.{{cite web |url=http://www.taxpayer.com/news-releases/senator-in-waiting-bills--28k-of-expenses-to-university-of-calgary |title=SENATOR-IN-WAITING BILLS $28K OF EXPENSES TO UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY |author=Scott Hennig |date=September 4, 2012}} Black stepped down from the Board and his roles in several other organizations prior to taking up his duties in the Senate.{{cite news |author=Press, J. |date=July 19, 2013 |title=Sen. Doug Black is only member of upper chamber to post spending details online |newspaper=Postmedia News |url= http://www.canada.com/Doug+Black+only+member+upper+chamber+post+spending+details+online/8683459/story.html |access-date=September 23, 2013}}

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