Solicitor General and Minister of Public Security

Fred Lindsay was elected to his second term as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the constituency of Stony Plain on March 3, 2008. During his first term he was sworn in as Albertas Solicitor General and Minister of Public Security and was reappointed to this position March 12, 2008.

Over the course of his first two years as an MLA he has chaired the Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Education Fund Advisory Committee and the Advisory Committee on Transmission. Mr. Lindsay has served as a Provincial Archives of Alberta Advisory Board member, a member of the Special Standing Committee on Members Services and a member of the Select Special Personal Information Protection Act Review Committee. He has also served as a member of the standing committees on Private Bills and Public Accounts as well as the Standing Policy Committee on Energy and Sustainable Development. In his first term Mr. Lindsay brought forward Bill 39, Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2006, and private members Bill 211, Traffic Safety (Mandatory Motorcycle Training) Amendment Act, 2006.

Mr. Lindsay was certified as a survey technician and a concrete technician from NAIT in 1967 and obtained his ERCB surface mine manager certificate in 1975.

He has been a part of the Wabamun community for many years, volunteering for several local initiatives. Mr. Lindsay served three terms as mayor of the village of Wabamun and was a trustee with Parkland school division from 1985 to 1993. In addition, Mr. Lindsay was the director of the Yellowhead Regional Planning Commission from 1981 to 1984 and chair of the New Era Municipal Planning Agency from 2003 to 2004.

He is married to Janice, and together they have raised four children. In his spare time he enjoys golfing, carpentry and motorcycling.

March 31, 2009