Rick Fraser (politician)
| Rick Fraser MLA | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-South East | |
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Assumed office April 23, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Riding established |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 13, 1972 Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Political party | Alberta Party (2018–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Progressive Conservative (until 2017) United Conservative Party (2017) Independent (2017–2018) |
| Alma mater | Lakeland College |
| Occupation | Paramedic, former hockey player |
Richard G. "Rick" Fraser (born February 13, 1972) is a Canadian politician who is an elected member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Calgary-South East.[1][2]
Elected as a Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLA in 2012, Fraser initially joined the rest of the PC caucus in its merger with the Wildrose Party to form the United Conservative Party in 2017. He left the caucus on September 21, 2017 to sit as an Independent due to his dissatisfaction with the party's leadership contest and the emphasis put by candidates on spending cuts and austerity.[3]
Fraser registered his candidacy for the leadership of the Alberta Party on December 30, 2017. He officially announced his candidacy on January 9, 2018,[4] and also joined the Alberta Party caucus.[5]
Electoral history
| Alberta general election, 2015: Calgary-South East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rick Fraser | 7,663 | 32.5 | |||||
| New Democratic | Mirical Macdonald | 7,358 | 31.2 | |||||
| Wildrose | Brandon Lunty | 6,892 | 29.2 | |||||
| Liberal | G. Gill | 1,304 | 5.5 | |||||
| Green | Jordan Mac Isaac | 374 | 1.6 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 23,591 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 168 | |||||||
| Turnout | 23,759 | 50.7 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 46,871 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Alberta[6] | ||||||||
| Alberta general election, 2012: Calgary-South East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rick Fraser | 7,162 | 48.57% | |||||
| Wildrose | Bill Jarvis | 6,355 | 43.09% | |||||
| Liberal | Brad Carroll | 756 | 5.13% | |||||
| New Democratic | Marta Warszynski | 474 | 3.21% | |||||
References
- ↑ Alberta Election 2012: Riding-by-riding results Archived 2012-04-24 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/provincial-election-map/index.html
- ↑ http://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/southeast-calgary-mla-rick-fraser-leaves-ucp-caucus-to-sit-as-independent
- ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/calgary-mla-rick-fraser-alberta-party-1.4478352
- ↑ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/alberta/mla-rick-fraser-joins-alberta-party-launches-bid-to-be-leader/article37544974/
- ↑ "2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
