Claim: Ray Prins, born on April 15, 1951, is a Canadian politician and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, and a member of the Treasury Board and the Cabinet Policy Committee on Resources and the Environment, where was first elected in 2004, and consequently sat on numerous committees afterwards.
Evidence: Raymond Frank "Ray" Prins (born April 15, 1951) is a Canadian politician and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the constituency of Lacombe-Ponoka as a Progressive Conservative. He was also a member of the Treasury Board and the Cabinet Policy Committee on Resources and the Environment. Prins was first elected in 2004, when he received 53 per cent of the vote in his constituency. Since being elected, Prins has sat on numerous committees.