David Khan
| David Khan | |
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| Leader of the Alberta Liberal Party | |
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Assumed office June 4, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | David Swann (interim) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Alberta Liberal Party |
| Profession | Lawyer |
David Khan (born 1974/1975)[1] is the leader of the Alberta Liberal Party and a Calgary lawyer who practices indigenous law. 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.[2] Prior to running for leader, Khan served as the party's executive vice-president.[3] He was elected leader on June 4, 2017.[1][4]
Khan does support forging closer ties with the Liberal Party of Canada.[5] Khan's 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.[6]
He is the first openly gay leader of a major Alberta political party.[7]
His father was an immigrant from "Pakistan and India" while his mother is English.[8] More specifically, his father was born and raised in India but later fled to Pakistan during the Partition of India.[9]
Khan was the Liberal candidate in the December 14, 2017 by-election held in Calgary-Lougheed and unsuccessfully attempted to defeat United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney who was also a candidate. He placed third, behind both Kenney and the NDP candidate.[10]
Election results
| Alberta provincial by-election, October 27, 2014: Calgary-West Resignation of Ken Hughes | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Ellis | 4,843 | 44.44 | -5.51 | ||||
| Wildrose | Sheila Taylor | 4,528 | 41.55 | +4.22 | ||||
| Liberal | David Khan | 926 | 8.50 | +1.04 | ||||
| New Democratic | Brian Malkinson | 336 | 3.08 | +0.07 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Troy Millington | 265 | 2.43 | +1.46 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | - | ||||||
| Elections Alberta[11] | ||||||||
| Alberta general election, 2015: Calgary-Buffalo | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Kathleen Ganley | 4,671 | 35.11 | +30.15 | $3,118 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Terry Rock | 3,738 | 28.09 | -2.52 | $92,068 | |||
| Liberal | David Khan | 3,282 | 24.67 | -17.35 | $54,749 | |||
| Wildrose | Leah Wamboldt | 1,351 | 10.15 | -10.16 | $2,900 | |||
| Green | Sabrina Levac | 263 | 1.98 | – | $500 | |||
| Total valid votes | 13,305 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 193 | |||||||
| Turnout | 13,498 | 41.0 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 32,950 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +16.34 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Alberta[12][13] | ||||||||
| Alberta provincial by-election, December 14, 2017: Calgary-Lougheed Resignation of Dave Rodney | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Jason Kenney | 7,760 | 71.51 | +8.35[lower-alpha 1] | ||||
| 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 | 98.84 | ||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 127 | 1.16 | -0.30 | |||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 31,067 | 35.34 | -16.01 | |||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | +11.80 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
- ↑ Swing is calculated from the sum of Progressive Conservative and Wildrose vote shares.
References
- 1 2 "David Khan chosen leader of the Alberta Liberal Party". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ↑ "David Khan selected as leader of the Alberta Liberal Party". CTV News Calgary. 2017-06-04. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ↑ "Calgary lawyer David Khan wants to lead Alberta's Liberal Party". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ↑ "Calgary-based lawyer David Khan named leader of Alberta Liberals". Global News. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ↑ "David Khan". David Khan. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ↑ "Policy Proposals". David Khan. Archived from the original on 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ↑ Kayne, Evan (March 2017). "In our Community: David Khan, Alberta Liberal party leadership candidate". Gay Calgary Magazine. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
- ↑ "Our Team". Alberta Liberal. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ↑ albertateachers (2017-05-09), David Khan, Alberta Liberal Leadership Candidate, speaks to teachers, retrieved 2018-06-09
- ↑ https://globalnews.ca/news/3867213/liberal-leader-david-khan-to-run-in-dec-14-calgary-byelection/
- ↑ "Report on the October 27, 2014 By-elections" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ↑ "2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ "2015-2016 Annual Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2018-05-02.