Linda Johnson (politician)
| Linda Johnson | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Calgary-Glenmore | |
|
In office April 23, 2012 – May 5, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Hinman |
| Succeeded by | Anam Kazim |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1958/1959 (age 57–58)[1] Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Residence | Calgary, Alberta |
Linda Johnson (born c. 1959) is a Canadian politician who was an elected member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the electoral district of Calgary-Glenmore, from 2012 to 2015.[2][3]
Her interest in politics began during her high school days when she became active with the Progressive Conservative party. Her first involvement was as a volunteer for former MLA Dennis Anderson. She worked in Ottawa as an assistant to Harvie Andre, MP for Calgary-Centre. She returned to Calgary becoming constituency assistant for Jim Hawkes, MP for Calgary-West.
Electoral record
| Alberta general election, 2015 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Anam Kazim | 7,021 | 33.18% | +26.95% | $1,303 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Linda Johnson | 7,015 | 33.15% | -15.8% | $82,882 | |||
| Wildrose | Chris Kemp-Jackson | 5,058 | 23.91% | -13.77% | $21,747 | |||
| Liberal | David Waddington | 1,345 | 6.36% | -0.78% | $5,915 | |||
| Alberta Party | Terry Lo | 719 | 3.40% | - | $4,790 | |||
| Alberta general election, 2012: Calgary-Glenmore | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Linda Johnson | 8,408 | 48.95% | |||||
| Wildrose | Paul Hinman | 6,472 | 37.68% | |||||
| Liberal | Dan MacAulay | 1,227 | 7.14% | |||||
| New Democratic | Richard Collier | 1,071 | 6.23% | |||||
References
- ↑ Van, Jason (2012-04-25). "Selling Tupperware helped Linda Johnson gain success in Calgary-Glenmore". Canada.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ↑ Alberta Election 2012: Riding-by-riding results. The Globe and Mail, April 23, 2012.
- ↑ "Legislative Assembly of Alberta". assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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