Michael "Mike" S. Lake (born June 4, 1969 in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a business person and politician in Alberta, Canada. In 2008, he was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary of Industry by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Lake obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta. After graduating from university, he began a career with the Edmonton Oilers ice hockey team as a sales manager and director of ticket ...
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Michael "Mike" S. Lake (born June 4, 1969 in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a business person and politician in Alberta, Canada. In 2008, he was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary of Industry by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Lake obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta. After graduating from university, he began a career with the Edmonton Oilers ice hockey team as a sales manager and director of ticket sales as their national accounts manager.
He is married and has two children, his son has autism and thus is a member of the Edmonton Autism Society. He is involved in the Alberta Foster Care Program.
Mike Lake won the Conservative Party of Canada nomination for the riding of Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont defeating 7 time candidate Tim Uppal. The nomination proved to be significant since popular long time Liberal incumbent David Kilgour had chosen to retire, creating a power vacuum in the riding.
Lake went on to win the vacant riding in a...
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