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Patricia Nelson ECA née Black is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. As a member of the ruling Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta, she served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the Calgary-Foothills electoral district from 1989 to 2004. During this time she served as a minister in a number of portfolios: Energy, Economic Development and Tourism, Government Services, and Finance. She also served as Deputy Government House Leader and as a member of Treasury Board.

Political career

Black was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the first time in a hotly contested three-way race in the 1989 Alberta general election. She won her second term in office in the 1993 Alberta general election, winning in a landslide. She won her third term in office in the 1997 Alberta general election, again by a large majority, married in 1998 and changed her surname to Nelson.

Nelson won her fourth term in office with another massive landslide victory in the 2001 Alberta general election.

During her years as finance minister in the governments of Premier Ralph Klein, Nelson oversaw the retirement of the Alberta provincial debt.

References

1. "Calgary Foothills Official Results 1971–1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2008.
2. "Calgary Foothills Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2008.
3. "Alberta's Future Looks Strong, says Finance Minister". Entrepreneurial Chartered Accountants of Calgary. June 18, 2003. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2008.

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