Gary Friedel
Gary Friedel is a civil servant and former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 until 2004.
Political career
Friedel was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1993 Alberta general election. He won a close race defeating three other candidates to hold the vast northern district of Peace River for the Progressive Conservatives. He was re-elected to his second term in the 1997 Alberta general election where he won a rare two-way race over Liberal candidate Bruce MacKeen taking 61% of the popular vote. Friedel spent a year serving as chair of Select Special Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Review Committee. On March 18, 1999 he would table a report from the committee in the Legislature that made 81 recommendations to amend the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.Friedel would marginally improve his vote total running for a third term in a four-way race in the 2001 Alberta general election. In that election he would take 64% of the votes cast. In his final term as MLA he served as Chair of the Northern Alberta Developments Council. He would not run for public office again in 2004.