Michael Henry (born 1955) is a former politician from

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, Canada. He served in the

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from 1993 to 1997.

Political career

Henry ran for the Alberta legislature in the 1993 general election in the electoral district of

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for the Liberals. He won by 2000 votes over Progressive Conservative John Wheelwright. He did not run for a second term in office and retired at dissolution of the legislature in 1997.

Late life

After his service in the legislature, Henry joined

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, a public four-year undergraduate baccalaureate institution in

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, where he was the associate dean of the School of Business. He then went to Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, where he is dean of the School of Business and Economics. He is a partner in a consulting firm, Abells Henry Public Affairs and a partner in the Canada Asia Synergy Group.

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1955 births Living people Alberta Liberal Party MLAs Politicians from Edmonton University of Alberta alumni 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta {{Alberta-MLA-stub