Tanya Fir

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2023 Alberta general election: Calgary-Peigan
The Honourable
Tanya Fir
ECA
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Tanya Fir
Minister of Arts, Culture, and the Status of Women
Assumed office
June 9, 2023
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Tanya Fir 11,89255.02-4.81
New Democratic Denis Ram9,09542.08+12.84
Green Shaun Pulsifer6262.90
Total21,61399.36
Rejected and declined1390.64
Turnout21,75262.27
Eligible voters34,932
United Conservative hold Swing -8.82
Source(s)
2019 Alberta general election : Calgary-Peigan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Tanya Fir 13,35359.83%0.74%
New Democratic Joe Pimlott6,52729.25%-6.32%
Alberta Party Ronald Reinhold1,5346.87%
Liberal Jaro Giesbrecht4251.90%0.26%
Freedom Conservative Sheyne Espey2991.34%
Alberta Independence Will Hatch1800.81%
Total22,318
Rejected, spoiled and declined165502
Eligible electors / turnout33,89966.33%
United Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "22 - Calgary-Peigan, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 84–87. ISBN   978-1-988620-12-1 . Retrieved April 7, 2021.

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Alberta provincial government of Jason Kenney
Cabinet post (1)
PredecessorOfficeSuccessor
Doug Schweitzer Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation
August 26, 2022 – October 24, 2022
Brian Jean