Please answer the following question: Facts: - birth name: peter eric james prentice - party: '' ' federal '' ' : progressive conservative -lrb- 1976 -- ' 2003 -rrb- conservative -lrb- 2003 -- present -rrb- provincial '' ' : progressive conservative '' - monarch: elizabeth ii - predecessor: dave '' new riding '' hancock dave hancock -lrb- interim -rrb- len webber - birth date: 20 july 1956 - profession: lawyer - parliament: canadian - spouse: karen prentice - office: 16th association of alberta member of the legislative assembly of alberta premier for calgary-foothills of alberta leader of the progressive conservative - term end: may 5 , 2015 november 14 , 2010 24 , 2015 may 5 , 2015 may - name: jim prentice - birth place: south porcupine , ontario - successor: rachel rempel notley ric mciver -lrb- interim -rrb- tbd michelle - riding: calgary centre-north - lieutenant governor: donald ethell - alma mater: university of alberta , dalhousie law school - residence: calgary , alberta - term start: september 27 , 2014 june 28 , 2004 15 , 2014 september 6 , 2014 october - image: jim prentice full.jpg - religion: presbyterian Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jim prentice .
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peter eric james '' jim '' prentice , -lrb- born july 20 , 1956 -rrb- is a canadian politician who was the 16th premier of alberta from 2014 to 2015 .in the 2004 federal election he was elected to the canadian house of commons as a candidate of the conservative party of canada .he was re-elected in the 2006 federal election and appointed to the cabinet as minister of indian affairs and northern development and federal interlocutor for metis and non-status indians .prentice was appointed minister of industry on august 14 , 2007 , and after the 2008 election became minister of environment on october 30 , 2008 .on november 4 , 2010 , prentice announced his resignation from cabinet and as mp for calgary centre-north .on september 6 , 2014 , he won the progressive conservative association of alberta leadership election .he subsequently won a by-election to the legislative assembly of alberta on october 27 , 2014 , becoming the mla for calgary-foothills .as premier of alberta , prentice declared an early provincial election on may 5 , 2015 , bypassing alberta 's fixed election date laws .in the election , prentice 's pcs were heavily defeated , dropping to third place in the legislature -- ending 44 years of tory rule in alberta , the longest unbroken run in office at the provincial level in canada .despite winning re-election in calgary-foothills , on election night prentice resigned as pc leader and retired from politics after results indicated that the alberta ndp had won a majority government .