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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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{{use mdy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name             = Robert Merrifield
| honorific-suffix = [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]]
| image            = 
| riding           = [[Yellowhead (electoral district)|Yellowhead]]
| parliament       = Canadian
| term_start       = November 27, 2000
| term_end         = September 17, 2014
| predecessor      = [[Cliff Breitkreuz]]
| successor        = [[Jim Eglinski]]
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1953|12|19}}
| birth_place      = [[Mayerthorpe, Alberta|Mayerthorpe]], [[Alberta]], Canada
| death_date       =
| death_place      =
| party            = [[Canadian Alliance]] (2000-2003), [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] (2003-2014)
| spouse           = Brenda Merrifield
| residence        = [[Whitecourt]]<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.whitecourtstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1204991 | title=Meet your candidate — Rob Merrifield | newspaper=[[Whitecourt Star]] | author=Brigette Jobin | publisher=[[Sun Media Corporation]] | date=September 17, 2008 | access-date=May 4, 2012}}</ref>
| profession       = businessman, farmer
| footnotes        =
| office3       = [[Minister of International Trade (Canada)|Chair of the Standing Committee on <br />International Trade]]
| minister3  = [[Ed Fast]]
| term_start3    = June 23, 2011
| term_end3       = September 29, 2014
| predecessor3    = [[Lee Richardson (politician)|Lee Richardson]]
| successor3      = [[Randy Hoback]]
| office4       = [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|Chair of the Standing Committee on <br />Finance]]
| minister4  = [[Jim Flaherty]]
| term_start4    = November 13, 2007
| term_end4       = February 2, 2009
| predecessor4    = [[Brian Pallister]]
| successor4     = [[James Rajotte]]
| office5       = [[Minister of Health (Canada)|Chair of the Standing Committee on <br />Health]]
| minister5  = [[Tony Clement]]
| term_start5    = May 4, 2006
| term_end5      = November 12, 2007
| predecessor5    = [[Bonnie Brown (politician)|Bonnie Brown]]
| successor5     = [[Joy Smith]]
}}

'''Robert Merrifield''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}}, (born December 19, 1953) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician and diplomat.  He is the former Member of Parliament for [[Yellowhead (electoral district)|Yellowhead]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/most-mps-keep-distance-from-alberta-tory-race-1.581285|title=Most MPs keep distance from Alberta Tory race|date=November 30, 2006|work=[[CBC.ca]]|access-date=August 17, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722074238/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2006/11/30/mla-endorsements.html|archive-date=July 22, 2012|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and was the [[Minister of State (Canada)|Minister of State for Transport]] from October 2008 to May 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theprovince.com/business/Phase+subsidies+Flaherty+urged/3071210/Euro+seen+heading+parity+with+dollar/3067869/story.html|title=Euro seen heading for parity with dollar|last=Armstrong|first=Neal|date=May 25, 2010|work=The Province|access-date=August 17, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525001026/https://www.webcitation.org/5s3IrfGuS?url=http://www.theprovince.com/business/Phase%20subsidies%20Flaherty%20urged/3071210/Euro%20seen%20heading%20parity%20with%20dollar/3067869/story.html|archive-date=May 25, 2024|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In September 2014 he resigned as a [[Member of the Canadian House of Commons]] to accept an appointment from [[Premier of Alberta|Alberta Premier]] [[Jim Prentice]] to be the province's envoy to the [[United States]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] where he will lobby for approval of the [[Keystone XL pipeline]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Prentice appoints Conservative MP as Alberta's envoy to U.S.|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/prentice-to-appoint-conservative-mp-as-albertas-envoy-to-us/article20641764/|access-date=September 17, 2014|work=Globe and Mail|date=September 17, 2014}}</ref>

His accomplishments included revitalizing Marine Atlantic with two new ferries,<ref name="News Release">{{cite web |url=http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/mediaroom/releases-2010-h060e-5946.htm |title=Government of Canada Invests in Two Ferries for Marine Atlantic Inc. - Transport Canada |access-date=2013-08-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805200557/http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/mediaroom/releases-2010-h060e-5946.htm |archive-date=August 5, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> initiating Canada Post's postal transformation, and overseeing the rollout of Transport Canada's Alberta and Saskatchewan infrastructure funds as a part of Canada's Economic Action Plan.

Merrifield was first elected to represent Yellowhead in [[2000 Canadian federal election|2000]].<ref name="parl">{{cite web|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=839|title=History of Federal Ridings since 1867: YELLOWHEAD, Alberta (1976 - )|work=www2.parl.gc.ca|publisher=Parliament of Canada|access-date=August 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906193548/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=839|archive-date=September 6, 2009|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>  He was re-elected in [[2004 Canadian federal election|2004]], [[2006 Canadian federal election|2006]], and [[2008 Canadian federal election|2008]].<ref name="parl" /> 

His past community involvement has included terms as chair and elected board member of the Whitecourt School District Board of Trustees, chair and vice-chair of the Whitecourt/Fox Creek Hospital Board, member of the Aspen Regional Health Authority, member of the Northern Gateway Regional Division No. 10 School Authority and elected member of the Woodland County Council.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.merrifieldmp.com/ Merrifeld's Website]
* [http://webinfo.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/ProfileMP.aspx?Key=128551&Language=E Merrifield's Member of Parliament Profile]
* [http://www.howdtheyvote.ca/member.php?id=201 Rob Merrifield’s voting record]

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