Jim Edwards

This article is about the Canadian politician. For other people known as Jim Edwards, see James Edwards (disambiguation).

James Stewart "Jim" Edwards, PC (born 1936) is a former Canadian politician.

He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1984 general election as a Progressive Conservative from Alberta. He served as a parliamentary secretary to several ministers in the government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Following Mulroney's resignation as PC leader and prime minister in 1993, Edwards was a candidate at the PC leadership convention held to choose a successor. He placed third.

He was appointed Chief Government Whip and President of the Treasury Board in the short lived cabinet of Prime Minister Kim Campbell. He lost his seat in that year's 1993 election that reduced the Tories to only two Members of Parliament in the House.

Edwards was the President and CEO of Economic Development Edmonton from 1998 to 2002 and served as the Chair of the Board of Governors at the University of Alberta from March 2002 to 2006.

External links

• Jim Edwards – Parliament of Canada biography

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Douglas Roche	Member of Parliament Edmonton South 1984–1988	Succeeded by District Abolished
Preceded by New District	Member of Parliament Edmonton Southwest 1988–1993	Succeeded by Ian McClelland