SOME PROMINENT TORIES WITH MULTIPLE APPOINTMENTS
- Audrey Luft, organizer of 2007 Alberta PC annual convention: Alberta Foundation for the Arts (chair), NAIT, Alberta Economic Development Authority
- Doug Goss, Edmonton co-chair of Tories' next election campaign: Capital Health, Alberta Economic Development Authority
- Wayne Jacques, former Conservative MLA: Peace Country Health Region, Transportation Safety Board, Law Enforcement Review Board
- Alf Savage, former PC president: Auto Insurance Rate Board (chair), Municipal Government Board
- Wendy Kinsella, losing Edmonton PC candidate in 2001: NorQuest College (chair), Capital Health (vice-chair)
- Marvin Moore, former PC campaign manager and cabinet minister: Peace Country Health (chair), Agriculture Marketing Products Council Appeal Tribunal
- Dale Johnson, president of Whitecourt-Ste. Anne PC association: Aspen Health, Credit Counselling Services of Alberta
- Robert Seidel, lawyer to former treasurer Stockwell Day: Grant MacEwan College, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
- Skip McDonald, former president of Klein's PC constituency association: Calgary Health, ATB Financial
Some appointments provide an honorarium while others pay expenses. For health authorities, it's between $134 and $350 per day for members, based on hours worked, and up to $492 daily for chairs. On the Peace Country Health board, Moore earned $42,000 in 2005-06, while most others members earned around $15,000, including additional allowances and benefits. At Capital Health, chair Neil Wilkinson -- an admitted fan of former premier Ralph Klein, under whom he was first selected -- earned $79,000 for 2005-06, the last year for which figures are available.
SOURCE: Alberta Government
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A TORY TOP 40
The Journal has examined 100 Alberta agencies, boards and commissions and compared the names of the people appointed to serve on the boards to a recent membership list of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Association.
Here are the top 40 boards with the highest percentages of card-carrying Conservatives serving on them.
Health boards and regions
- Peace Country Health Region:
13 Tories / 13-member board
- East Central Health:
9 Tories / 12-member board
- Capital Health:
8 Tories / 14-member board
- Calgary Health:
7 Tories / 13-member board
- Aspen Health Region:
11 Tories / 14-member board
- David Thompson Health:
11 Tories / 15-member board
- Chinook Health:
7 Tories / 12-member board
- Northern Lights Health:
7 Tories / 12-member board
- Palliser Health Region:
7 Tories / 13-member board
- Alberta Cancer Board:
5 Tories / 10-member board
- Health Quality Council:
4 Tories / 8-member board
- Public Health Appeal Board:
2 Tories / 4-member board
- Health Facilities Review Board:
8 Tories / 12-member board
Post-secondary Institutions
- Northern Alberta Institute of Technology:
8 Tories / 12-member board
- Portage College:
5 Tories / 7-member board
- Lethbridge College:
4 Tories / 7-member board
- Athabasca University:
6 Tories / 11-member board
- Red Deer College:
3 Tories / 6-member board
- Mount Royal College:
5 Tories / 10-member board
financial
- ATB Financial:
9 Tories / 13-member board
- Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corp.:
4 Tories / 8-member board
addictions and disabilities
- Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities:
5 Tories / 8-member board
- Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission:
7 Tories / 10-member board
- Crystal Meth Task Force:
7 Tories / 12-member board
- Northwest Alberta Persons with Developmental Disabilities:
6 Tories / 7-member board
Agriculture
- Alberta Grain Commission:
8 Tories / 11-member board
- Agriculture Products Marketing Council:
7 Tories / 11-member board
- Alberta Agriculture Research Institute:
4 Tories / 7-member board
Other
- Seniors Advisory Council:
8 Tories / 10-member board
- Northern Alberta Development Council:
9 Tories / 10-member board
- Worker's Compensation Board:
3 Tories / 4-member board
- Alberta Foundation of the Arts:
6 Tories / 10-member board
- Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission:
6 Tories / 7-member board
- Alberta Economic Development Authority:
29 Tories / 60-member board
- Alberta Order of Excellence Council:
6 Tories / 6-member board
- Social Care Facilities Review Commission:
7 Tories / 11-member board
- Alberta Science and Research Authority:
9 Tories / 19-member board
- Northeast PDD Board:
5 Tories / 7-member board
- Alberta Fatality Review Board:
3 Tories / 3-member board
- Rural Alberta's Development Fund:
6 Tories / 12-member board