predecessor successor birth_place party profession office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
nancy macbeth nancy macbeth archibald d. johnston kevin taft don massey -lrb- interim -rrb- bridget pastoor lethbridge , alberta alberta liberal party academic leader the alberta liberal party mla for lethbridge east of the official opposition in alberta leader of 3 may 1944 march 15 , 2001 2001 1993 election ken nicol -lrb- politician -rrb-
 march 26 , 2004 2004 2004 ken nicol
ken nicol -lrb- politician -rrb-

ken nicol is a canadian politician and academic .
he served as the mla for lethbridge-east from 1993 to 2004 .
during his final three years , he was the leader of the alberta liberal party , and leader of the official opposition in the legislative assembly of alberta .
he was credited with bringing a more conciliatory approach in the legislature , different from his prececessor nancy macbeth , however his soft-spoken nature did not help the party rise in polls .
he left provincial politics to run for the federal liberals in the riding of lethbridge in 2004 , but lost in a landslide to incumbent rick casson .
nicol is currently an associate professor at the university of lethbridge .
