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Donna Kennedy-Glans | |
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| 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]
| 2012 Alberta general election : Calgary-Varsity | ||||||||
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| 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. | ||||||||
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