Donna Kennedy-Glans
| Donna Kennedy-Glans | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary Varsity | |
|
In office April 23, 2012 – May 5, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Harry B. Chase |
| Succeeded by | Stephanie McLean |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 5, 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 Kennedy-Glans (born May 5, 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 December 13, 2013, she was sworn into the Cabinet of Alberta to fill the newly created post of Associate Minister – Electricity and Renewable Energy.[3]
Kennedy-Glans announced that she was resigning from cabinet and leaving the PC caucus to sit as an independent on March 17, 2014, in protest against the leadership of Alison Redford.[4] She officially rejoined the PC caucus on September 17, 2014, after Jim Prentice assumed the leadership of the party[5] but lost her seat in the 2015 provincial election that defeated the Progressive Conservative government after 42 years in power.
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 November 8, 2016, following the party's AGM saying: “Right now, politics in Alberta is polarizing and there is limited opportunity for centrist voices to be heard.”[6]
Controversy
Kennedy-Glans was embroiled in the Redford PC Government misuse of Government planes. [7] Kennedy-Glans was one of several Tory MLA's engaged in misuse of Government resources, when they used a Government plane to attend a PC party fundraiser in Grande Prairie on Oct. 25, 2012. [8]
Election results
| Alberta general election, 2012: 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 | 17,643 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | ||||||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | % | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +18.04 | ||||||
References
- ↑ Alberta Election 2012: Riding-by-riding results. The Globe and Mail, April 23, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/elections/alberta-votes/divisions/calgary-varsity-1.3009825
- ↑ "Alberta's Redford shakes up cabinet". Global News. December 13, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ↑ "Alberta PC associate minister Donna Kennedy-Glans quits in another blow to Alison Redford’s already shaky leadership". National Post, March 17, 2014.
- ↑ "Kennedy-Glans returns to Alberta PC caucus". Global News. September 17, 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ↑ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/alberta/two-female-candidates-quit-alberta-progressive-conservative-leadership-race/article32740647/
- ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alison-redford-used-public-money-inappropriately-ag-says-1.2730213
- ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/partisan-use-of-government-planes-not-touched-in-alberta-review-critics-say-1.2824059