Michael S. Lake
Member of Parliament for Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont
Incumbent
Assumed office  2006
Preceded by	David Kilgour
Born	June 4, 1969 (1969-06-04) (age 40) New Westminster, British Columbia
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Debi Lake
Residence	Edmonton
Profession	businessman, sports executive

Michael Stuart "Mike" Lake (born June 4, 1969) is a business person and politician in Alberta, Canada. In 2008, he was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary of Industry by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Contents 1 Early life 2 2006 federal election 3 Bigfoot petition 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Early life

Lake was born in New Westminster, British Columbia. He obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta. After graduating from university, he began a career with the Edmonton Oilers ice hockey team as a sales manager and director of ticket sales as their national accounts manager.

He is married and has two children, his son has autism and thus is a member of the Edmonton Autism Society. He is involved in the Alberta Foster Care Program.

[edit] 2006 federal election

Mike Lake won the Conservative Party of Canada nomination for the riding of Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont defeating 7 time candidate Tim Uppal. The nomination proved to be significant since popular long time Liberal incumbent David Kilgour had chosen to retire, creating a power vacuum in the riding.

Lake went on to win the vacant riding in a landslide victory in the 2006 federal election. Pundits had predicted the race would be closer as the Liberal Party of Canada had held the district and its predecessor ridings since 1991.

[edit] Bigfoot petition

In his first term as a representative in the Canadian House of Commons Lake was presented with a very unusual petition signed by almost 500 individuals calling for Bigfoot to be protected under the Species at Risk Act. Lake filed the petition with the Clerk of the House of Commons on March 28, 2007.^[1] Subsequently it was reported by various media that Lake himself had argued in favour of giving such protection to Bigfoot.^[2][3] When interviewed, Lake said that he did not believe in Bigfoot, but filed the petition as a service to constituents without making any judgment call.^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Federal political experience
• MP website

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by David Kilgour	Member of Parliament Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont 2006-present	Succeeded by Incumbent