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David Khan | |
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| Leader of the Alberta Liberal Party | |
| In office June 4, 2017 –November 22, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | David Swann (interim) |
| Succeeded by | John Roggeveen (interim) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1974or1975(age 50–51) [1] Calgary,Alberta,Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia University of Toronto |
| Profession | Constitutional Lawyer |
David Khan (born May 17,1974) is a Canadian politician who led the Alberta Liberal Party from 2017 to 2020. Prior to running for leader,he served as the party's executive vice-president. [2] He was elected leader on June 4,2017. [1] [3]
Khan did not support co-operation with the Alberta Party,but did support forging closer ties with the Liberal Party of Canada. [4] His leadership platform included a basic income pilot project,elimination of the small business tax,proportional representation for the Legislature,more free votes for MLAs,bringing private schools into the public system,and establishing universal pharmacare for those under 24. [5] [6]
Born in Calgary, [7] Khan's father was an immigrant to Canada from Pakistan while his mother is English. [8] Professionally,Khan is a lawyer who practices indigenous law and is fluently bilingual in both English and French. He is the first openly gay leader of a major Alberta political party. [9] [10]
He was previously the party's 2014 by-election candidate in Calgary-West and 2015 provincial election candidate in Calgary-Buffalo,finishing third both times. [11] Khan was also the Liberal candidate in the December 14,2017 by-election in Calgary-Lougheed. He again placed third,behind United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney and the NDP candidate. [12] Under his leadership,the Alberta Liberal Party experienced its worst results in history in the 2019 provincial election.
| 2019 Alberta general election : Calgary-Mountain View | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Kathleen Ganley | 12,526 | 47.32% | 18.45% | ||||
| United Conservative | Jeremy Wong | 9,708 | 36.68% | 2.24% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Angela Kokott | 2,345 | 8.86% | – | ||||
| Liberal | David Khan | 1,474 | 5.57% | -31.10% | ||||
| Green | Thana Boonlert | 315 | 1.19% | – | ||||
| Alberta Independence | Monica Friesz | 102 | 0.39% | – | ||||
| Total | 26,470 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 203 | 86 | 7 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 38,316 | 69.63% | 15.24% | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | 1.43% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "18 - Calgary-Mountain View, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
| Alberta provincial by-election, December 14, 2017: Calgary-Lougheed Resignation of Dave Rodney | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Jason Kenney | 7,760 | 71.51 | +8.35 [a] | ||||
| New Democratic | Phillip van der Merwe | 1,822 | 16.79 | −15.24 | ||||
| Liberal | David Khan | 1,009 | 9.30 | +4.49 | ||||
| Reform | Lauren Thorsteinson | 137 | 1.26 | – | ||||
| Green | Romy Tittel | 60 | 0.55 | – | ||||
| Independent | Wayne Leslie | 42 | 0.39 | – | ||||
| Independent | Larry Heather | 22 | 0.20 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 10,852 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 28 | 2 | 96 | |||||
| Eligible voters / turnout | 31,067 | 35.03 | −16.32 | |||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | +11.80 | ||||||
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| 2015 Alberta general election : Calgary-Buffalo | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Kathleen T. Ganley | 4,671 | 35.11% | 30.39% | $3,118 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Terry Rock | 3,738 | 28.09% | -2.58% | $92,068 | |||
| Liberal | David Khan | 3,282 | 24.67% | -16.80% | $54,749 | |||
| Wildrose | Leah Wamboldt | 1,351 | 10.15% | -10.97% | $2,900 | |||
| Green | Sabrina Lee Levac | 263 | 1.98% | – | $500 | |||
| Total | 13,305 | – | – | – | ||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 162 | – | – | – | ||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 32,950 | 40.87% | -3.39% | – | ||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | -1.89% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "05 - Calgary-Buffalo, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020. "2015-2016 Annual Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2018-05-02. | ||||||||
| Alberta provincial by-election, October 27, 2014: Calgary-West Resignation of Ken Hughes on September 26, 2014 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Ellis | 4,836 | 44.29 | −5.56 | ||||
| Wildrose | Sheila Taylor | 4,530 | 41.58 | +4.25 | ||||
| Liberal | David Khan | 927 | 8.51 | +1.05 | ||||
| New Democratic | Brian Malkinson | 337 | 3.09 | +0.08 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Troy Millington | 264 | 2.42 | +1.45 | ||||
| Total | 10,894 | — | — | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 17 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 30,541 | 35.73 | — | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | − | ||||||
Source(s) Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2015). Report on the October 27, 2014 By-elections in: Calgary-Elbow, Calgary-Foothills, Calgary-West, Edmonton-Whitemud (PDF) (Report). Edmonton: Legislative Assembly of Alberta; Chief Electoral Officer. ISBN 978-098653678-6 . Retrieved April 20, 2021. | ||||||||
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