{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Gary Friedel | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|10|30}} | birth_place = Fairview, Alberta | death_date = | death_place = | office = MLA for Peace River | term_start = June 15, 1993 | term_end = November 22, 2004 | predecessor = Al Adair | successor = Frank Oberle | party = Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta | children = | occupation = }} '''Gary Friedel''' (born October 30, 1942) is a civil servant and former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 until 2004.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cOSIAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Friedel,+Gary%22+AND+%221942%22|title = The Canadian Parliamentary Guide|year = 1997|isbn = 9781896413433}}</ref>

==Political career== Friedel was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1993 Alberta general election. He won a close race defeating three other candidates to hold the vast northern district of Peace River for the Progressive Conservatives. He was re-elected to his second term in the 1997 Alberta general election where he won a rare two-way race over Liberal candidate Bruce MacKeen taking 61% of the popular vote.<ref name="elec1">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=199&Constit=Peace_River |title=Peace River electoral district official results 1993-1997 |publisher=Alberta Heritage |accessdate=2008-03-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612160744/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=199&Constit=Peace_River |archivedate=2011-06-12 }}</ref> Friedel spent a year serving as chair of Select Special Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Review Committee. On March 18, 1999 he would table a report from the committee in the Legislature that made 81 recommendations to amend the ''Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act''.<ref name="foip">{{cite web|url=http://www.assembly.ab.ca/pro/FOIP/newsrel.htm |title=Report of All Party Review of Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Tabled|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta|date=March 18, 1999|accessdate=2008-03-22}}</ref>

Friedel would marginally improve his vote total running for a third term in a four-way race in the 2001 Alberta general election. In that election he would take 64% of the votes cast.<ref name="elec2">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=2001&Constit=Peace_River |title=Peace River electoral district official results 2001 |publisher=Alberta Heritage |accessdate=2008-03-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612160816/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=2001&Constit=Peace_River |archivedate=2011-06-12 }}</ref> In his final term as MLA he served as Chair of the Northern Alberta Developments Council.<ref name="nordev">{{cite web | url=http://www.nadc.gov.ab.ca/Publications/newsletter/winter03.pdf | title=Northern Developments Winter '03 | publisher=Northern Alberta Developments Council | accessdate=2008-03-22 | archive-date=7 December 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207174512/http://www.nadc.gov.ab.ca/Publications/newsletter/winter03.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> He would not run for public office again in 2004.

==Late life== After Friedel left his seat in the Legislature he became chairman of the Commuter Air Access Network of Alberta. As Past chairman he is fighting Edmonton city council to keep large passenger flights out of Edmonton City Centre Airport.<ref name="air">{{cite web|url=http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmonton/2008/01/03/4751545.html | first=Frank| last=Landry | title=More flights at muni airport could save lives says city Coun.|publisher=Edmonton Sun|date=January 3, 2008|accessdate=2008-03-17}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]

{{s-start}} {{s-par|ca-ab}} {{succession box| before=Al Adair| title=MLA Peace River| years=1993&ndash;2004| after=Frank Oberle}} {{s-end}}

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