The Honourable Jim Prentice

Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians

Calgary North–Centre (Alberta)


Jim Prentice was elected to the House of Commons in 2004 and was re-elected in 2006. He has served as Critic for Indian Affairs and Northern Development and been a member of the Standing Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development. 

A lawyer by profession, Mr. Prentice has specialized in property rights and has focused on relocations, environmental protection suits and restricted development areas. He also served as a commissioner of the Indian Specific Claims Commission of Canada for 10 years and is recognized by his peers as an expert in land claims negotiations. Mr. Prentice travelled to South Africa twice as an expert adviser on how to protect property rights in that country’s new constitution.

Mr. Prentice is married to Karen and they have three daughters.

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