# Mark Hlady > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mark_Hlady > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mark_Hlady.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hlady > Source revision: 1346133559 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian businessman and politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Mark Hlady | honorific_suffix = | image = Mark Hlady.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Mark Hlady standing on the Calgary Peace Bridge in his home riding of Calgary-Mountain View in 2018 | office = Member of the [Legislative Assembly of Alberta](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Alberta) for [Calgary Mountain View](/source/Calgary_Mountain_View) | term_start = June 15, 1993 | term_end = November 22, 2004 | predecessor = [Bob Hawkesworth](/source/Bob_Hawkesworth) | successor = [David Swann](/source/David_Swann) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|3|4}} | birth_place = [Fort William, Ontario](/source/Fort_William%2C_Ontario), Canada | death_date = | death_place = | party = [Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Association_of_Alberta) | other_party = | children = | occupation = }} '''Mark Everett Hlady''' (born March 4, 1959) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) businessman and politician and a former member of the [Legislative Assembly of Alberta](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Alberta).{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cOSIAAAAMAAJ&q="Hlady,+mark"+1959|title = The Canadian Parliamentary Guide|year = 1997|isbn = 9781896413433}} Hlady was elected in the [1993 general election](/source/1993_Alberta_general_election) as a [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Association_of_Alberta) in the riding of [Calgary-Mountain View](/source/Calgary-Mountain_View), defeating [New Democrat](/source/Alberta_New_Democratic_Party) [Bob Hawkesworth](/source/Bob_Hawkesworth). Hlady kept his seat in the [1997](/source/1997_Alberta_general_election) and [2001](/source/2001_Alberta_general_election) elections, but was defeated in [2004](/source/2004_Alberta_general_election) by [Liberal](/source/Alberta_Liberal_Party) contender [David Swann](/source/David_Swann). During his term as an MLA, Hlady served on many oil and gas related committees. He is currently seeking the 2018 United Conservative Party nomination in the Calgary-Mountain View riding. ==Background== Hlady was born in [Fort William](/source/Fort_William%2C_Ontario), [Ontario](/source/Ontario). In 1979 he moved to [Calgary](/source/Calgary) to work for the family home improvement business and has lived there ever since. He was educated at the [University of Calgary](/source/University_of_Calgary) and graduated with a Physical Education degree in 1990. Since Hlady graduated, he completed the Canadian Securities Course and became a stockbroker. Hlady earned his Real Estate License in 2016 and is currently a Remax Real Estate Central agent. He is currently the Head Coach of the University of Calgary Triathlon club which he founded in 1986. ==Political career== In the fall of 1992, he was asked to work on [Ralph Klein](/source/Ralph_Klein)’s leadership campaign. After Klein won the leadership race, Hlady was encouraged to run in Calgary-Mountain View against incumbent [Bob Hawkesworth](/source/Bob_Hawkesworth). During what is now known as "the miracle on the prairies", the party overcame a significant gap in popular support, behind the opposition [Alberta Liberal Party](/source/Alberta_Liberal_Party), to win the 1993 election. As an MLA, Hlady helped secure funding and supported initiatives such as the building of the Bow Valley Seniors Lodge, Wing Kei Care Centre, Soccer Fields in Renfrew and school playgrounds across the constituency. Hlady was one of the youngest MLAs in Alberta's history. He ran as the party's candidate in the same district in the [2015 provincial election](/source/2015_Alberta_general_election), but was not reelected. Hlady is currently seeking the 2018 United Conservative Party nomination in the Calgary-Mountain View constituency. {{Alberta provincial election, 2015/Calgary-Mountain View}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hlady, Mark}} Category:Businesspeople from Calgary Category:Businesspeople from Ontario Category:Living people Category:Politicians from Thunder Bay Category:Politicians from Calgary Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs Category:University of Calgary alumni Category:1959 births Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta {{Alberta-MLA-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mark Hlady](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hlady) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hlady?action=history)). 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