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((Infobox officeholder
| image        = Alberta Budget 2009 Culture Minister Lindsay Blackett.jpg
| imagesize    = 150px
| honorific_prefix = The Honourable 
| name         = Lindsay Blackett
| honorific-suffix = ((post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA|size=100%))
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| birth_date   = ((birth date and age|mf=yes|1961|2|8))
| birth_place  = [[Oxford]], England
| residence    = [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]]
| office       = [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta|MLA]] for [[Calgary North West|Calgary-North West]]
| term_start   = 2008
| term_end     = 2012
| predecessor  = [[Greg Melchin]]
| successor    = [[Sandra Jansen]]
| office1      = Minister of Culture and Community Spirit in the [[List of Alberta provincial ministers|Alberta government]]
| term_start1  = March 12, 2008
| term_end1    = October 12, 2011
| predecessor1 = [[Hector Goudreau]]
| successor1   = [[Heather Klimchuk]]
| party        = [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]]
| religion     =
| spouse       = Jennifer
| occupation   = technical sales representative
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'''Lindsay Blackett''' ((post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA)) (born February 8, 1961) is a Canadian politician and was a Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]], representing the constituency of [[Calgary North West|Calgary-North West]] as a [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]].

==Early life==

Blackett was born February 8, 1961, in [[Oxford]], England. He studied [[criminology]] and [[corrections]] at Ottawa's [[Carleton University]] from 1979 to 1983 but did not graduate. Prior to his election as the MLA for [[Calgary North West|Calgary-North West]], Blackett worked as a Technical Sales Representative, providing [[Original Equipment Manufacturer]] (OEM) electronic component hardware and design.

==Political career==

Blackett has been involved in politics in varying capacities for many years. He has held the positions of Provincial Progressive Conservative Constituency Association Director for [[Calgary West|Calgary-West]] and [[Calgary North West|Calgary-North West]], President and vice-president of the [[Ottawa Centre (federal electoral district)|Ottawa-Centre]] Federal Progressive Conservative Association, President of the [[Ottawa Centre (federal electoral district)|Ottawa-Centre]] Federal Progressive Conservative Youth Association, Youth Convention Coordinator for the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative Party of Canada's]] 1986 Annual General Meeting, and Special Assistant in the Prime Minister of Canada's Office.

Blackett first sought public office in the [[2008 Alberta general election|2008 provincial election]] in the constituency of [[Calgary North West|Calgary-North West]]. In that election, he received 46% of the vote.

On March 12, 2008, Blackett was appointed by the Premier as the Minister of Culture and Community Spirit.

On June 14, 2010, Blackett spoke to a panel of people from the television industry at the Banff World Television Festival. He said, "I sit here as a government representative for film and television in the province of Alberta, and I look at what we produce, and if we're honest with ourselves … I look at it and say, 'Why do I produce so much shit? Why do I fund so much crap?'" His criticism was widely publicized. There were complaints about his choice of words, and also, since Blackett's portfolio includes responsibility for culture, opposition MLAs and others called for his resignation.<ref>((cite news| url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-minister-urged-to-quit-for-tv-crap-remark-1.919379 | work=CBC News | title=Alberta minister urged to quit for TV 'crap' remark | date=June 17, 2010|accessdate=2015-05-23))</ref> Blackett apologized for his language but not the sentiment.

==Personal life==

Blackett is married to Jennifer and the couple has two children. He is an active community volunteer. In addition to his political volunteerism, Blackett has served as Director of the Tuscany Community Association, President of the Canadian Progress Club (which raises $500,000 annually for Big Brothers and Big Sisters and other charities that serve Calgary's less fortunate), Volunteer Coordinator for Henry Burris All-Star Weekend, Big Brother volunteer, and coach for both soccer and hockey.<ref name="leg bio">((cite web|url=http://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_bio&rnumber=20|title=Blackett's Legislative Assembly of Alberta biography))</ref>

==Election results==
{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="3" align=center|'''[[2008 Alberta general election]] results ( [[Calgary North West|Calgary-North West]] )'''
| colspan="2"|<span style="font-size: 90%;">'''Turnout 45.4%'''</span>
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top" | '''Affiliation'''
| valign="top" |'''Candidate'''
| valign="top" |'''Votes'''
| valign="top" align="right"|'''%'''<br />
((Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row))
|[[Alberta Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|'''Lindsay Blackett'''
|align="right"|8415
|align="right"|46%
((CANelec|AB|Wildrose Alliance|Chris Jukes|2712|15%))
((Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row))
|[[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Dale D'Silva
|align="right"|5552
|align="right"|30%
((CANelec|AB|Green|George Read|902|5%))
((Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row))
|[[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|Collin Anderson
|align="right"|637
|align="right"|3%
|-
|colspan="3" align ="right"|'''Total'''
|align="right"|'''18218'''
|align="right"|'''100%'''
|}

==References==
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((Stelmach Ministry))

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