Donna Kennedy-Glans
Donna Kennedy-Glans | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary Varsity | |
| In office 23 April 2012 – 5 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Harry B. Chase |
| Succeeded by | Stephanie McLean |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 May 1960 near Tillsonburg, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative (2012–2014) Independent (2014) Progressive Conservative (2014-present) |
| Alma mater | Wilfrid Laurier University University of Western Ontario |
| Profession | Businesswoman, Philanthropist |
Donna Marie Kennedy-Glans (born 5 May 1960) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Calgary-Varsity from April 2012 to May 2015.[1][2] She was elected initially as a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus, and chaired the all-party Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship. On 13 December 2013, she was sworn into the Cabinet of Alberta to fill the newly created post of Associate Minister – Electricity and Renewable Energy.[3][4]
On 25 October 2012, Kennedy-Glans was one of eight PC MLA and cabinet members who accompanied then Premier Allison Redford on a flight in a government fleet aircraft to attend a PC party fundraiser in Grande Prairie on 25 October 2012.[5] In his 2014 report, then provincial Auditor General Merwan Saher found Redford's use of government fleet aircraft for partisan purposes to be inappropriate.[5]
Kennedy-Glans announced that she was resigning from cabinet and leaving the PC caucus to sit as an independent on 17 March 2014, in protest against the leadership of Alison Redford.[6] She officially rejoined the PC caucus on 17 September 2014, after Jim Prentice assumed the leadership of the party.[7]
Kennedy-Glans declared as a candidate for the leadership of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party. She withdrew her candidacy in a letter to supporters on 8 November 2016, following the party's Annual General Meeting, saying: "Right now, politics in Alberta is polarizing and there is limited opportunity for centrist voices to be heard."[8] Following Jason Kenney's Progressive Conservative leadership victory Kennedy-Glans announced, that 10 days prior to the vote, she had been named to his transition team.[9]
Election results
| 2012 Alberta general election: Calgary-Varsity | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donna Kennedy-Glans | 8,099 | 45.90 | +9.22 | ||||
| Wildrose | Rob Solinger | 4,624 | 26.21 | +19.06 | ||||
| Liberal | Bruce Payne | 3,614 | 20.48 | -26.85 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jackie Seidel | 817 | 4.63 | +1.00 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Alex McBrien | 255 | 1.45 | |||||
| Evergreen | Carl Svoboda | 234 | 1.33 | -3.87 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 17,643 | 99.30 | -0.11 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 124 | 0.70 | +0.11 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 29,688 | 59.85 | +15.21 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +18.04 | ||||||
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results: Calgary-Varsity". Retrieved 13 June 2018. | ||||||||
References
- ^ Alberta Election 2012: Riding-by-riding results. The Globe and Mail, 23 April 2012.
- ^ "Calgary-Varsity - CBC News | Elections Alberta - Divisions". Archived from the original on 6 May 2015.
- ^ "Alberta's Redford shakes up cabinet". Global News. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "Alberta Cabinet swearing-in ceremony - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Redford's 'aura of power' led to misuse of public money, Alberta AG says". CBC. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ "Alberta PC associate minister Donna Kennedy-Glans quits in another blow to Alison Redford’s already shaky leadership". National Post, 17 March 2014.
- ^ "Kennedy-Glans returns to Alberta PC caucus". Global News. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ Bennett, Dean (8 November 2016). "Two female candidates quit Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership race". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "Battle for the centre: After Kenney's unite-the-right win, where will progressives go?". CBC. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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