David Thomas King

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David Thomas King (born June 22, 1946 Perth, Ontario) is a Canadian politician and public education policy activist. He is a former Progressive Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from August, 1971 to April, 1986, during which time he was Legislative Secretary to (then) Premier Peter Lougheed (1971 - 1976), Minister of Education (1979 - 1986), and Minister of Technology, Research, and Telecommunications (1986). Since 1990 David King has served as Executive Director of the Public School Boards' Association of Alberta. In 1992, King ran unsuccessfully for leadership of the Alberta Progressive Conservatives. King re-emerged 12 years later to endorse Kevin Taft and the Alberta Liberal Party in the 2004 provincial election.

In the 1986 general election he was defeated by future Alberta New Democratic Party leader Pam Barrett.

[edit] Personal life

King holds a B.A. (Political Science and History, the University of Alberta). He has been a corporate director for L.S.I. Logic Corporation of Canada; Domglas, FirstClass Systems, Inc. He is or was a charter member of Edmonton Citizens for Better Housing Society; Urban Reform Group of Edmonton; Boyle Street Community Services Cooperative; Boyle-McCauley Health Centre; Communitas (Edmonton); Public Interest Alberta.^{[citation needed]}

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"History of the Public School Boards' Association of Alberta" By the Public School Boards' Association of Alberta mentions king as first Executive Director.
"The Controversial Eighties" by the Alberta Teachers' Association. Article discusses (from the ATA's point of view) some changes brought about by King, while he was Minister of Education.
"A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE COUNCIL ON ALBERTA TEACHING STANDARDS" by the Council on Alberta Teaching Standards. In 1985 King, as Minister of Education, eliminated the Board of Teacher Education and Certification (BTEC) and set-up the Council on Alberta Teaching Standards in its place.
"Play Dough's Res Publica: Democracy, Community and Public School Education" - By David King