Prasad Panda

Prasad Panda is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in a 2015 by-election, replacing former Alberta Premier Jim Prentice, and the 2019 Alberta general elections to represent the electoral district of Calgary-Foothills.[1] He is a member of the United Conservative Party. With his party forming majority government Panda joined the Executive Council of Alberta as the Minister of Infrastructure beginning on April 30, 2019.

The Honourable Prasad Panda MLA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Edgemont
Incumbent
Assumed office April 16, 2019
Preceded by	new district
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Foothills
In office September 3, 2015 – April 16, 2019
Preceded by	Jim Prentice
Succeeded by	Jason Luan
Personal details
Born	1962/1963 (age 56–57) Sangam Jagarlamudi, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party	United Conservative
Other political affiliations	Wildrose (until 2017)
Residence	Calgary
Occupation	Professional Engineer

In the by-election to the 29th Alberta Legislature, Panda was a member of the Wildrose Party and defeated former Calgary city councillor and Alberta NDP MLA Bob Hawkesworth by 1598 votes, winning 38.3% of all votes cast.[2][3] In 2017, joined the United Conservative Party and became the party's energy critic.[4] Panda introduced Motion 505, a resolution calling on the federal government to ban the import of oil from countries with a poor human rights or environmental record, and to facilitate pipelines within Canada to ensure better prices for Alberta oil.[5]