Kevin Taft

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kevin Taft
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Sep 9, 1955(1955-09-09)
Age	69
Birthplace	Saskatoon
Country	Canada
Birth City	Saskatoon
Horoscope	Capricorn

Kevin Taft Biography

Kevin Taft is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on September 9, 1955 in Saskatoon, Saskatoon, Canada. The joint Canadian-Chinese expeditions went to China’s Gobi Desert, Alberta’s badlands, and the Canadian arctic. At the time, China was just beginning to open to international visitors, and the Gobi Desert expeditions were the first involving westerners since the 1930s.

Taft consulted extensively with the Alberta Ministry Responsible for Seniors from 1991 to 1993, an experience that prompted him to write his first book, Shredding the Public Interest, in 1997. In it, Taft challenged the provincial government’s claims that spending on public services was soaring. The book was reviewed nationally, and became a bestseller. Shredding the Public Interest placed Taft in the public eye, and cemented his reputation as a government critic. The book generated province-wide debate, attracting public criticism and avid defenders. Premier Klein publicly called Taft a communist, and suggested he should run for political office if he felt he had enough support. Shredding the Public Interest topped local bestseller charts and appeared on national bestselling charts as well. It remained on the Financial Post’s national bestseller list for 14 weeks, and was named Trade Book of the Year by the Alberta Book Publishers’ Association in 1998.

Taft resigned from ExTerra in 1991 when it encountered financial shortfalls.

Taft has a B.A. in Political Science and Master’s Degree in Community Development from the University of Alberta. He received a Ph.D. (1998) in Business from the University of Warwick in England.

Taft was the Chief Executive Officer of the ExTerra Foundation from 1986 to 1991, where he oversaw a team that planned and developed the Canada-China Dinosaur Project. The project’s scientific partners were the Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, the Canadian Museum of Nature, and the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The project was conceived and initiated by anthropologist Brian Noble and palaeontologist Philip J. Currie. Noble, who named the Foundation and lead the international team from 1983 to 1989, invited Taft to become a co-founding member of Ex Terra’s Board in 1984. The project included a multimillion-dollar series of expeditions that formed “one of the biggest dinosaur hunts in history”. It also included books, internationally televised films, and eventually an international touring exhibit.

Kevin Taft Net Worth

Kevin Taft is one of the richest Politician from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kevin Taft 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kevin Taft (born September 9, 1955) is a best-selling author, consultant, speaker, and former provincial politician in Alberta, Canada. Prior to his election, he worked in various public policy roles (1973-2000) in the Government of Alberta, private and non-profit sectors, in the areas of health, energy, and economic policy. From 1986 to 1991 he was CEO of the ExTerra Foundation, which mounted one of history’s largest paleontological expeditions in China’s Gobi Desert, Alberta’s badlands, and the Canadian Arctic. He is the author of five books and many research studies and articles on political and economic issues in Alberta. In the mid-late 1990s Dr. Taft wrote two books critical of the ruling Progressive Conservatives, causing the Premier of Alberta at the time (Ralph Klein) to insult him in the Alberta Legislature and solidifying Taft’s desire to run for office to defend his perspective on public policy. He was an Alberta Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2001 to 2012, and Leader of the Official Opposition from 2004 to

2008. Taft continues his career as an author, speaker, and consultant. He is father to two adult sons and currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada with his partner Jeanette Boman.

Taft has worked as a consultant and policy analyst in both the public and private sectors. His professional career began in 1973 at the age of eighteen when Peter Lougheed’s Progressive Conservative cabinet appointed him a member of the Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee. His position on the committee involved investigating and monitoring Alberta’s hospitals and nursing homes, and reporting through the committee to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Taft left the committee in 1982. He also worked as a planning consultant with the Alberta Hospital Association and on the Alberta government’s Nursing Home Review Panel task force from 1981 to 1982. In 1983, he became Coordinator of Planning, Research, and Evaluation for the Edmonton Region of Alberta Social Services and Community Health, where he remained until 1986.

From 1991 to 2000, Taft worked as a consultant, researcher, and speaker through his firm Taft Research and Communications. His primary focuses were health care policy, energy, and economic policy.

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Who is Kevin Taft Dating?

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He published his third book, Democracy Derailed in 2007. It focussed on what he perceived as the broken state of Alberta’s democracy. The book “provides plenty of examples of pettiness and arrogance” from Ralph Klein’s government, and criticized the government’s record on dealing with whistle blowers. Taft described the situation as “a widespread breakdown of accountability [… that’s] become part of the political culture”. Taft also suggested 35 ways to fix the problem. Democracy Derailed topped local bestseller lists.

Facts & Trivia

Kevin Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Kevin Taft celebrates birthday on September 9 of every year.

Between 2011 and 2012, Taft, his wife Jeanette Boman and two other partners designed and constructed a three-home net-zero-ready infill residential project in Edmonton called “Belgravia Green”. Boman called it “our one small way of saying we believe that we can make a difference as individuals.” The homes are designed and built with the aim of reducing net energy use to near zero. The homes were built by Effect Home Builders, and one of them won the 2012 Canadian Home Builders’ Association National Green Home Award.