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Gene Zwozdesky
	Gene Zwozdesky
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	MLA for Edmonton Avonmore
	In office; 1993 – 1997
Preceded by	Marie Laing
Succeeded by	District Abolished
	MLA for Edmonton Mill Creek
	In office; 1997 – present
Preceded by	New District
Born	July 24, 1948 (age 61); Nipawin, Saskatchewan
Political party	Progressive Conservative

Gene Zwozdesky (born: July 24, 1948 Nipawin, Saskatchewan) is a politician and current cabinet minister from Alberta, Canada. Indian Name is Chief Running Wolf.

In July 1998, he left the Liberal Party caucus and sat as an Independent member after a dispute over fiscal policy. He joined the governing Progressive Conservatives a month later. In the 2001 Alberta general election he won by a generous margin over the Liberal challenger Bharat Agnihotri.

He was appointed to the cabinet as Minister of Community Development, after hanging on to his seat in the 2004 Alberta general election he was appointed Minister of Education.

On December 15, 2006, he was replaced in Premier Ed Stelmach's cabinet by Ron Liepert. He again joined the Alberta Cabinet on June 27, 2007 as Associate Minister for Capital Planning.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Preceded by Marie Laing	MLA Edmonton Avonmore 1993-1997	Succeeded by District Abolished
Preceded by New District	MLA Edmonton Mill Creek 1997-present	Succeeded by Incumbent