Marlin Schmidt

Marlin Schmidt (born October 16, 1978) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Edmonton-Gold Bar.[1] Schmidt served as the Minister of Advanced Education.

Marlin Schmidt MLA
Alberta Minister of Advanced Education
In office February 2, 2016 – April 30, 2019
Premier	Rachel Notley
Preceded by	Lori Sigurdson
Succeeded by	Demetrios Nicolaides
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Gold Bar
Incumbent
Assumed office May 5, 2015
Preceded by	David Dorward
Personal details
Born	(1978-10-16) October 16, 1978 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Political party	Alberta New Democratic Party
Residence	Edmonton, Alberta
Occupation	Hydrogeologist

Prior to serving with the Legislative Assembly, Schmidt specialized in site remediation for over a decade. From 2008 to 2015 he worked for Alberta Environment as a soil and groundwater contamination specialist, and previous to this, he worked as a remediation specialist, beginning in 2002. He holds a master of science degree in applied environmental geosciences from University of Tübingen in Germany and a bachelor of science from Queen's University in Kingston.[2]

He drew criticism in July 2020 for remarks he said about the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in which he said, "If nothing else goes right for me in a day, I can at least count on enjoying the fact that Margaret Thatcher is still dead.” He continued, "The only thing I regret about Margaret Thatcher’s death is that it happened probably 30 years too late."[3]