Tanya Fir
Tanya Fir (born 1975) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Calgary-Peigan in the 30th Alberta Legislature. She is a member of the United Conservative Party. On April 30, 2019, she was appointed to be the Minister for Economic Development, Trade and Tourism in the Executive Council of Alberta, holding that role until August 25, 2020. In August 2018, Fir beat former Ontario MP Jeff Watson and past Wildrose candidate Jeevan Mangat to secure her party's nomination. Her campaign manager was longtime provincial Conservative  party organizer Craig Chandler. Chandler had a past of socially conservative stances, including warning immigrants about changing Alberta's conservative culture and distributing literature containing homophobic hate speech. In January 2021, Fir was found to be vacationing in Las Vegas despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the border between the United States and Canada being closed to nonessential travel. She was demoted from her parliamentary duties as a result.