Denis Herard (March 28, 1944 – September 6, 2023) was a Canadian politician from

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who served as a

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MLA for Calgary-Egmont. He was French-Canadian, with fore-fathers coming majorly from Quebec. Herard was first elected to the

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in the 1993 Alberta general election. He served four terms as a back bench MLA for the Progressive Conservatives. On April 6, 2006, Herard was sworn into the

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as the Minister of Advanced Education after

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was asked to leave caucus. In late 2007, Herard announced he would not seek re-election in the next provincial election. He died on September 6, 2023, at the age of 79.

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Denis Herard biography, Alberta Legislative Assembly
1944 births 2023 deaths Franco-Albertan people Members of the Executive Council of Alberta Politicians from Calgary Politicians from Edmonton Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta {{Alberta-MLA-stub