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Iris Evans

Incumbent
Assumed office 
1997
Preceded by Bruce Collingwood

Political party Progressive Conservative
Residence Sherwood Park, Alberta
Occupation nurse

Iris Evans is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. From November 25, 2004 to December 15, 2006 she served as Alberta's Minister of Health and Wellness in Premier Ralph Klein's cabinet. After Ed Stelmach assumed the office of Premier, she was named Minister of Employment, Immigration and Industry in his cabinet. After the 2008 Alberta provincial election, Premier Stelmach appointed Evans as Minister of Finance and Enterprise.

A nurse by training, Evans was first elected to the legislature in 1997, representing the riding of Sherwood Park for the Progressive Conservatives. She previously held the portfolios of Minister of Municipal Affairs and Minister of Children's Services. Prior to being elected to the legislature, Evans served as a school board trustee, municipal councillor, and finally as the reeve of Strathcona County.[1]

[edit] Parenting controversy

Evans sparked a controversy when speaking to the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto on June 17, 2009, when she answered a question by stating that good parenting means sacrificing income to stay at home while children are young, and that her own children, now grown with young children of their own, "understood perfectly well that when you're raising children, you don't both go off to work and leave them for somebody else to raise."

In response to accusations that she had insulted working women, she later stated that she had not meant to "harm anybody or slam anybody's views on how they chose to parent or what choices they've made on the involvement in their families and parenting," suggesting that this demonstrated society's concern over parenting, and "So maybe its time for this debate ... maybe frequently we should examine what our choices are as families and see whether our choices are the ones that are working best for the child."[2]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

  • Iris Evans at the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
13th Ministry - Government of Ed Stelmach
Cabinet Posts (1)
Predecessor Office Successor
New portfolio Minister of Employment, Immigration and Industry
2006–present
Incumbent
12th Ministry - Government of Ralph Klein
Cabinet Posts (3)
Predecessor Office Successor
Gary Mar Minister of Health & Wellness
2004–2006
David Hancock
New portfolio Minister of Children's Services
1999-2004
Heather Forsyth
Minister of Municipal Affairs
1997-1999
Walter Pazkowski



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