Snelgrove was elected in the
2001 Alberta general election in the district of
Vermilion-Lloydminster as a member of the
Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta, and was subsequently re-elected in the
2004 and
2008 elections. Snelgrove briefly served as Minister of Finance under the government of
Ed Stelmach. He decided to leave the Progressive Conservative caucus on January 27, 2012 and sit is an Independent after becoming disenchanted with Premier
Alison Redford. ==References==