Robin Campbell (politician)

Robin Campbell
MLA for West Yellowhead
In office
March 3, 2008 – May 5, 2015
Preceded by Ivan Strang
Succeeded by Eric Rosendahl
Personal details
Born (1955-09-09) September 9, 1955
Political party Progressive Conservative
Residence Jasper, Alberta

Robin Ian Campbell (born September 9, 1955) was a Canadian provincial level politician. He was elected in 2008 to represent the electoral district of West Yellowhead in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He was a member of the former governing Progressive Conservative caucus. He was appointed Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury board by Premier Jim Prentice on September 15, 2014. He lost his seat to Eric Rosendahl in the May 5, 2015 provincial election that also defeated the Progressive Conservative government after 44 years in office. On November 12, he was named president of the Coal Association of Canada.[1]

Political career

Campbell ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 2008 Alberta general election. He won his first term to represent the electoral district of West Yellowhead by a wide margin to hold it for the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.[2]

Campbell is avid golfer and fishermen. He has a daughter, Sheena.

Electoral history

Alberta general election, 2008: West Yellowhead
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeRobin Campbell 4,206 53.83% 8.11%
LiberalLisa Higgerty 1,932 24.72% 4.42%
New DemocraticKen Kuzminski 1,054 13.49% −8.09%
Wildrose AllianceEarle Cunningham 326 4.17% −4.05%
GreenScott Pickett 296 3.79% −0.39%
Total 7,814
Rejected, spoiled and declined 32
Eligible electors / Turnout 22,252 35.26%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 6.27%
Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 558–563. 
Alberta general election, 2012: West Yellowhead
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeRobin Campbell 4,405 44.86%
WildroseStuart Taylor 2,642 26.91%
Alberta PartyGlenn Taylor 1,668 16.99%
New DemocraticBarry Madsen 794 8.09%
LiberalMichael Martyna 310 3.16%
Total 9,810
Alberta general election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticEric Rosendahl 4,141 39.0%
Progressive ConservativeRobin Campbell 3,433 32.3%
WildroseStuart Taylor 3,046 28.7%
Total 10,623

References

  1. ↑ "Robin Campbell, former Alberta energy minister, named head of Coal Association of Canada" CBC News, November 12, 2015.
  2. ↑ The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assembly. Election Alberta. pp. 558–563.
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Doug Griffiths		 Order of precedence in Alberta
as of 2013 		Succeeded by
Heather Klimchuk


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