Josh Traptow

Josh Traptow is a third generation Calgarian who lived and grew up in NW Calgary. He attended Bowness High School and was very active in student politics serving as President of the Students' council. He lives in Calgary after a stint in Edmonton at the Alberta Legislature.

Traptow worked for Shell Canada for just under two years in their oil sands contracting and procurement group as a contracts administrator and providing administrative support. Following his work at Shell he attended SAIT Polytechnic and studied Administrative Information Management (AIM) and graduated from SAIT with a diploma in AIM in May of 2011. During his time at SAIT he worked part-time for then Justice Minister Alison Redford in her constituency office.

Upon graduating from SAIT Traptow was asked to join the Alison Redford Leadership Campaign in April of 2011 as a Campaign Advisor. Responsible for a variety of files Traptow was honoured to be asked to serve as a member of Redford's transition team when she took office in October 2011. He was then asked to join the Premier's Office as Redford's Special Assistant. In December 2011 Evan Berger, former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development asked Traptow to come and work for him in his Ministerial Office.

Often described as a political hack or "insider" Traptow has been involved in politics since he bought his first member in the Alberta PC Party in 2006. Since then he has served on the board of the Calgary-Bow PC Association in a variety of capacities including VP Youth, VP Fundraising, VP Election Readiness and finally currently as President. He also is the Secretary of the Progressive Conservative Youth of Alberta having first been elected in October of 2010 in addition he sits on the Executive Committee of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta. He is currently one of the youngest members on the Organizing Committee for the Calgary Leaders Dinner. For the 2012 election he served as the Campaign Chair for Alana DeLong in Calgary-Bow and as the Southern Alberta Chair for PC Alberta.

In addition Traptow sits on the Calgary Stampede Next Generation Committee, the Calgary Heritage Authority and the Adiuvo Foundation.