Jim Prentice, former Alberta premier, was key figure in conservative movement
EDMONTON — Jim Prentice came of age “under the bins” of the Crowsnest Pass coal mines to emerge as Alberta’s 16th premier and one of the seminal figures of the modern-day conservative movement in Canada.
Prentice, 60, was confirmed Friday as one of four victims of a plane crash outside Kelowna, B.C.
He had been out of politics for more than a year.
He quit public life in May 2015 when his Alberta Progressive Conservative government lost to Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP, ending more than four decades of Tory rule in the province.