Ted Morton

The Honourable
Ted Morton
ECA
Morton in 2014
Minister of Energy
In office
October 12, 2011 – May 8, 2012
PremierAlison Redford
Preceded byRon Liepert
Succeeded byKen Hughes
Minister of Finance and Enterprise
In office
January 15, 2010 – January 27, 2011
PremierEd Stelmach
Preceded byIris Evans
Succeeded byLloyd Snelgrove
Minister of Sustainable Resource Development
In office
December 15, 2006 – January 15, 2010
PremierEd Stelmach
Preceded byDavid Coutts
Succeeded byMel Knight
Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
for Foothills-Rocky View
In office
November 22, 2004 – April 23, 2012
Preceded byRiding established
Succeeded byRiding abolished
Personal details
Born
Frederick Lee Morton

(1949-03-28) March 28, 1949 (age 75)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality
  • American
  • Canadian
Political partyProgressive Conservative
SpousePatricia
Parents
Residence(s)Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisSexual Equality and the Family in the United States Supreme Court (1981)
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science
School or traditionCalgary School
InstitutionsUniversity of Calgary
Doctoral studentsIan Brodie

Frederick Lee Morton ECA (born 1949), known commonly as Ted Morton, is an American-Canadian politician and former cabinet minister in the Alberta government. As a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, he represented the constituency of Foothills-Rocky View as a Progressive Conservative from 2004 to 2012 (in the 26th and 27th Alberta Legislative Assemblies). He did not win reelection in the 2012 Alberta general election. Morton was a candidate for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Association in its 2006 and 2011 leadership elections. Morton is currently Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Calgary.[1]

  1. ^ "Frederick L. (Ted) Morton | Department of Political Science | University of Calgary". December 30, 2020. Archived from the original on December 30, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2021.