Garnett Genuis, B.PAPM 2010, is the Wildrose Alliance candidate for Sherwood Park, his hometown, in the Alberta election. While a student at Kroeger College, Garnett worked in the Prime Minister’s Office as the assistant to the Director of Policy, in Industry Minister Tony Clement’s office as the assistant to Parliamentary Secretary Mike Lake, and later as Minister Rona Ambrose’s Communications Advisor. After Carleton, he took a Master’s degree at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
He then went on to create the Mobilization and Training Program for the Canadian Centre for Policy Studies, an initiative designed to teach Canadians of all ages how to effectively engage with the political process. He is currently the Executive Director of Responsible Electricity Transmission for Albertans (RETA). He also got married on May 7th of this year. His wife Rebecca recently graduated from medical school, and is in the process of completing her residency in family medicine.
His campaign website is: http://www.garnettgenuis.ca/