Grant Mitchell (politician)

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Grant Mitchell, MA, CFA (born July 19, 1951) is a Canadian politician and businessman. After working in the financial sector as an executive with the Principal Group, Mitchell was first elected to the Alberta legislature as the Liberal MLA for Edmonton Meadowlark in 1986. Following his re-election in 1989, he was re-elected in 1993 and 1997 in the new riding of Edmonton McClung.

After placing second in the 1988 Liberal leadership contest to Edmonton mayor Laurence Decore, he became leader of the party and Leader of the Official Opposition in Alberta in 1994 and served until 1998 when he left provincial politics. He was succeeded as Liberal leader by Nancy MacBeth.

Following his leave from politics, Mitchell joined CIBC Wood Gundy as an investment advisor. He has also served on the boards of the Canadian Commercial Corporation,the Edmonton ITU World Cup Triathlon and the Edmonton Police Foundation.

On March 24, 2005, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate by Paul Martin where he represents Edmonton for the Liberal Party of Canada.

Senator Mitchell has served on three Senate committees: National Finance; Legal and Constitutional Affairs; and Agriculture and Forestry.

Grant Mitchell is married to Teresa Mitchell, an Edmonton lawyer. They have three sons: Lucas, Liam and Grady.

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Preceded by Bettie Hewes	Leader of the Official Opposition in Alberta 1994-1998	Succeeded by Nancy MacBeth
Preceded by Gerard Amerongen	MLA Edmonton Meadowlark 1986–1993	Succeeded by Karen Leibovici
Preceded by New District	MLA Edmonton McClung 1993–1998	Succeeded by Nancy MacBeth

	Alberta Caucus serving in the 39th Canadian Parliament.
Senators	Tommy Banks (Lib), Joyce Fairbairn (Lib), Daniel Hays (Lib), Elaine McCoy (PC), Grant Mitchell (Lib), Claudette Tardif (Lib)
Members of Parliament	Diane Ablonczy (Con), Rona Ambrose (Con), Rob Anders (Con), Leon Benoit (Con), Blaine Calkins (Con), Rick Casson (Con), Ken Epp (Con), Peter Goldring (Con), Art Hanger (Con), Stephen Harper (Con), Laurie Hawn (Con), Rahim Jaffer (Con), Brian Jean (Con), Jason Kenney (Con), Mike Lake (Con), Ted Menzies (Con), Rob Merrifield (Con), Bob Mills (Con), Deepak Obhrai (Con), Jim Prentice (Con), James Rajotte (Con), Lee Richardson (Con), Monte Solberg (Con), Kevin Sorenson (Con), Brian Storseth (Con), Myron Thompson (Con), Chris Warkentin (Con), John Williams (Con)