Gary Mar

The Honourable Gary G. Mar ECA KC
Alberta Trade Representative to Asia
In office October 2011 – June 30, 2015
Minister-Counsellor of the Province of Alberta to the United States of America
In office September 27, 2007 – March 16, 2011
Alberta Executive Council Minister of Intergovernmental Relations In office April 6, 2006 – December 14, 2006 Premier Ralph Klein Preceded by Ed Stelmach Succeeded by Guy Boutilier Minister of Health and Wellness In office June 7, 2000 – November 24, 2004 Premier Ralph Klein Preceded by Halvar Jonson Succeeded by Iris Evans Minister of the Environment In office May 26, 1999 – June 6, 2000 Premier Ralph Klein Preceded by Ty Lund Succeeded by Halvar Jonson Minister of Education In office May 31, 1996 – May 26, 1999 Premier Ralph Klein Preceded by Halvar Jonson Succeeded by Lyle Oberg Minister of Community Development In office November 25, 2004 – April 6, 2006 Premier Ralph Klein Preceded by Gene Zwozdesky Succeeded by Denis Ducharme In office June 30, 1993 – May 31, 1996 Premier Ralph Klein Preceded by Dianne Mirosh Succeeded by Shirley McClellan
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary Mackay (Calgary Nose Creek; 1993–2004) In office June 15, 1993 – November 28, 2007 Preceded by Riding established Succeeded by Teresa Woo-Paw
Personal details
Born	Gary Glen Mar (1962-07-26) July 26, 1962 (age 62) Calgary, Alberta
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Spouse	Nancy
Children	3
Residence	Edmonton, Alberta
Alma mater	University of Calgary, University of Alberta

Gary Glen Mar ECA KC, (simplified Chinese: 马健威; traditional Chinese: 馬健威; pinyin: Mǎ Jiànwēi; born July 26, 1962) is a Canadian businessman and former politician in Alberta. He is currently the President and CEO of the Canada West Foundation.^[1]

Mar served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 2007 and prior to his diplomatic postings held several Cabinet portfolios – Community Development; Health and Wellness; Education; Environment; and International and Intergovernmental Relations. On December 3, 2007, he was appointed the Official Representative for Alberta in Washington, D.C., and worked in the Canadian Embassy with the official title of Minister-Counsellor of the Province of Alberta to the United States.^[2] In March 2011, he resigned his post in order to seek the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta in its 2011 leadership election which he ultimately lost.^[3][4]

Gary Mar was appointed as the Province of Alberta's Representative in Asia on October 14, 2011. He led the province's strategic outreach efforts from his post in Hong Kong, from where he oversaw the province's five other Asia offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul and Taiwan.^[5]

After more than 20 years as an Alberta politician and government official, Gary Mar's public sector career came to an end on June 30, 2015, when his contract as Alberta's representative in Asia expired, amid criticism of the former provincial Progressive Conservative administration's payout of $140,000 as part of a contract it signed with Mar in December 2011.^[6]