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{{Short description|Premier of Alberta in 2014}}
{{Other people}}
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{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Dave Hancock
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA|KC|size=100%}}
| image               = Education Minister Dave Hancock.jpg
| alt                 = 
| caption             = Hancock in 2011
| order               = 15th
| office              = Premier of Alberta
| monarch             = [[Elizabeth II]]
| lieutenant_governor = [[Donald Ethell]]
| term_start          = March 23, 2014
| term_end            = September 15, 2014
| predecessor         = [[Alison Redford]]
| successor           = [[Jim Prentice]]
| office2             = [[List of Alberta provincial ministers#Deputy Premier|Deputy Premier of Alberta]]
| premier2            = [[Alison Redford]]
| term_start2         = December 6, 2013
| term_end2           = March 20, 2014
| predecessor2        = [[Thomas Lukaszuk]]
| successor2          = [[Sarah Hoffman]] (2016)
| office3             = [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta#Party leaders|Leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta]]
| status3             = Interim
| term_start3         = March 20, 2014
| term_end3           = September 6, 2014
| predecessor3        = [[Alison Redford]]
| successor3          = [[Jim Prentice]]
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| office6             = [[List of Alberta provincial ministers#Minister of Advanced Education|Minister of Advanced Education]]
| premier6            = [[Alison Redford]]<br />''Himself''
| term_start6         = December 6, 2013
| term_end6           = September 15, 2014
| predecessor6        = [[Thomas Lukaszuk]]
| successor6          = [[Don Scott (Alberta politician)|Don Scott]]
| premier7            = [[Ralph Klein]]
| term_start7         = November 25, 2004
| term_end7           = April 5, 2006
| predecessor7        = [[Lyle Oberg]] {{small|(Learning)}}
| successor7          = [[Denis Herard]] {{small|(Advanced Education and Technology)}}
| office8             = [[List of Alberta provincial ministers#Minister of Human Services|Minister of Human Services]]
| premier8            = [[Alison Redford]]
| term_start8         = October 12, 2011
| term_end8           = December 13, 2013
| predecessor8        = ''Position established''
| successor8          = [[Manmeet Bhullar]]
| office9             = [[List of Alberta provincial ministers#Minister of Education|Minister of Education]]
| premier9            = [[Ed Stelmach]]
| term_start9         = March 12, 2008
| term_end9           = October 12, 2011
| predecessor9        = [[Ron Liepert]]
| successor9          = [[Thomas Lukaszuk]]
| office10            = [[List of Alberta provincial ministers#Minister of Health|Minister of Health and Wellness]]
| premier10           = [[Ed Stelmach]]
| term_start10        = December 15, 2006
| term_end10          = March 12, 2008
| predecessor10       = [[Iris Evans]]
| successor10         = [[Ron Liepert]]
| office11            = [[List of Alberta provincial ministers#Minister of Justice and Attorney General|Minister of Justice and Attorney General]]
| premier11           = [[Ralph Klein]]
| term_start11        = May 26, 1999
| term_end11          = November 25, 2004
| predecessor11       = [[Jon Havelock]]
| successor11         = [[Ron Stevens]]
| office12            = [[Alberta International and Intergovernmental Relations|Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs]]
| premier12           = [[Ralph Klein]]
| term_start12        = March 29, 1997
| term_end12          = May 26, 1999
| predecessor12       = [[Ken Rostad]]
| successor12         = [[Shirley McClellan]]{{Collapsed infobox section end}}}}
| office14            = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly#Canada|Member]] of the<br />[[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]]<br />for [[Edmonton-Whitemud]]
| term_start14        = March 11, 1997
| term_end14          = September 25, 2014
| predecessor14       = [[Mike Percy (politician)|Mike Percy]]
| successor14         = [[Stephen Mandel]]
| birth_name          = David Graeme Hancock<ref>{{cite book |title=Alberta Gazette |date=1997 |publisher=Queens Printer |location=Edmonton |url=https://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/gazette/1997/text/1997index.cfm |access-date=August 26, 2020 |chapter=Annual Index}}</ref>
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1955|8|10}}
| birth_place         = [[Fort Resolution]], [[Northwest Territories]], Canada
| residence           = [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], Canada
| party               = [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]]
| alma_mater          = [[University of Alberta]]
| spouse              = Janet
| children            = 3
| occupation          = Lawyer
| website             = 
}}

'''David Graeme Hancock''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA|KC}} (born August 10, 1955) is a Canadian [[lawyer]] and was the 15th [[premier of Alberta]] in 2014. Since 2017, he has served as a judge of the [[Provincial Court of Alberta]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Alberta premier Dave Hancock appointed provincial court judge |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-judge-provincial-court-dave-hancock-marian-de-souza-robert-shaigec-1.4434194 |access-date=August 26, 2020 |work=[[CBC News]] |date=December 5, 2017 |location=Edmonton}}</ref> From 1997 to 2014, he was a Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]] representing [[Edmonton-Whitemud]] as a [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]]<ref name="legbio">{{cite web |title=The Honourable David G. Hancock, QC, 2014 |url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/premiers/d-hancock.html |website=assembly.ab.ca |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |access-date=August 26, 2020}}</ref> until announcing his resignation from the legislature on September 12, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Outgoing Alberta premier Dave Hancock resigns MLA seat|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/outgoing-alberta-premier-dave-hancock-resigns-seat/article20577224/|access-date=September 12, 2014|date=September 12, 2014}}</ref>

==Early life==
Hancock was born August 10, 1955, in [[Fort Resolution]], [[Northwest Territories]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/premier-dave-hancock-10-things-to-know-about-our-new-premier |title=Premier Dave Hancock: 10 things to know about Alberta's new premier |publisher=[[Calgary Herald]]|date=23 March 2014|access-date=20 June 2024|first1=Jason|last1=Markusoff}}</ref> grew up in [[Hazelton, British Columbia]], went to high school in Fort Vermilion, Alberta before moving to [[Edmonton]] in 1972. He went to the University of Alberta for his undergraduate degree in Political Science and graduated in 1975,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dentons.com/en/dave-hancock |title=David (Dave) Hancock Q.C. |publisher=Dentons |access-date=December 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208003620/https://www.dentons.com/en/dave-hancock |archive-date=December 8, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was a member of the [[Phi Gamma Delta]] fraternity at University of Alberta.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.phigam.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=2436 |title=Phi Gamma Delta |publisher=Phigam.org |access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref>

==Political career==
===Premier of Alberta===
Following the announcement of [[Alison Redford]]'s resignation as both leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and premier, he was named interim party leader by the Progressive Conservative caucus on March 20, 2014, and, with such [[Confidence and supply|confidence]] from the majority of [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta|the legislature]], was appointed as [[Premier of Alberta]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Janus|first=Andrea|title=Redford's replacement Dave Hancock promises 'government Albertans want'|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/redford-s-replacement-dave-hancock-promises-government-albertans-want-1.1737548|publisher=CTV News|access-date=March 23, 2014|date=March 20, 2014}}</ref> Hancock was sworn in at [[Government House (Alberta)|Government House]] on March 23, 2014.

Hancock was succeeded as Premier and PC party leader by [[Jim Prentice]] on September 15, 2014. He also retired from the legislature on the same day. He is the shortest serving premier in the province's history. Hancock's official portrait as Premier was unveiled on February 13, 2017. Hancock joked at the ceremony saying that his premiership was "the best summer job that I’ve ever had", and that he expected his portrait to be "one the size of a postage stamp" based on the short length of his administration. Other politicians in attendance paid tribute to Hancock's long hours in the legislature to pass legislation, and his lengthy tenure in government holding eight cabinet portfolios.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3247094/portrait-of-former-premier-dave-hancock-unveiled-at-alberta-legislature/|title=Portrait of former premier Dave Hancock unveiled at Alberta legislature|website=Global News|language=en|access-date=March 31, 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Hancock lives in Edmonton with his wife Janet, who was the principal at [[Lillian Osborne High School]] in Edmonton until 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/Three+schools+slated+flung+Edmonton+suburbs+existing+school+being+expanded+with/9490079/story.html |title=Three new schools slated for far-flung Edmonton suburbs; existing school being expanded (with map) |date=February 11, 2014 |work=[[Edmonton Journal]] |access-date=March 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302055346/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Three+schools+slated+flung+Edmonton+suburbs+existing+school+being+expanded+with/9490079/story.html |archive-date=March 2, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/premier-dave-hancock-10-things-to-know-about-our-new-premier|title=Premier Dave Hancock: 10 things to know about Alberta's new premier|first1=Jason|last1=Markusoff|date=March 23, 2014|work=calgaryherald.com|access-date=February 11, 2017}}</ref> He has three children.<ref name="legbio" />

== Electoral record ==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.davehancock.ca/ David Hancock Website]

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