Angela Pitt

Angela Pitt (born 1981) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Airdrie.[1] She was elected under the banner of the Wildrose Party, which then merged with the Progressive Conservative Party to form the United Conservative Party (UCP) in July 2017.[2] She serves as the UCP Deputy House Leader and as the opposition critic for Justice.[3] On June 20, 2018, Angela Pitt won the UCP nomination for the riding of Airdrie-East with 71% of the vote, contested by sports broadcaster Roger Millions.[4] April 16, 2019, Pitt was re-elected in the 2019 Alberta general election, representing the Airdrie-East riding under the United Conservative Party.[5]

Angela Pitt MLA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Airdrie
Incumbent
Assumed office May 5, 2015
Preceded by	Rob Anderson
Personal details
Born	1983 or 1984 (age 36–37)[1] Airdrie, Alberta, Canada
Political party	United Conservative
Other political affiliations	Wildrose (2015–17)
Residence	Airdrie, Alberta
Occupation	business owner

Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees

On May 21, 2019, Pitt was chosen by her peers to serve as Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees in the 30th Alberta Legislature.[6]

Personal life

Angela Pitt is married and has two children. She holds a business administration diploma with a major in marketing from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT).[7] Pitt was a small business owner and managed a special events company before her life in politics. She eventually sold her business to focus primarily on her political career.[8]

Controversies

Pitt's association with the Wildrose Party in the Airdrie community resulted in the claim that she may have been responsible for transferring a total of $16,000 from the Wildrose Party constituency association to a political action committee referred to as the Alberta Fund.[9] This issue was resolved after Pitt revealed that one of the people who brought this claim against her was her opponent's campaign manager and Elections Alberta verified that transferring funds from constituency associations to a registered third party is not against the law.[9]

Electoral history

2019 general election

2019 Alberta general election: Airdrie-East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Conservative	Angela Pitt	16,764	67.3%	+2.4%
	New Democratic	Roxie Baez Zamora	4,960	19.9%	-9.9%
	Alberta Party	Alex Luterbach	2,371	9.5%	+5.2%
	Freedom Conservative	Rick Northey	482	1.9%
	Independence	Jeff Olson	213	0.9%
	Independent	Richard Absalom D. Herdman	112	0.4%
Total valid votes			24,902
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			207
Registered electors			35,729
Turnout			70.2%

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election: Airdrie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wildrose	Angela Pitt	7,499	35.08%	-23.08%
	New Democratic	Chris Noble	6,388	29.88%	25.72%
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Brown	6,181	28.91%	-3.77%
	Alberta Party	Jeremy Klug	912	4.27%	–
	Independent	Jeff Willerton	399	1.87%	0.06%
Total			21,379	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			103	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			40,045	53.64%	0.76%
	Wildrose hold		Swing		-10.14%
Source(s) Source: "Airdrie Official Results 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

External links

Political offices
Preceded by Rob Anderson	MLA for Airdrie 2015-present	Succeeded by Incumbent

References

1. https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/riding-airdrie
2. "Wildrose, Progressive Conservative parties to merge with 95% approval". Edmonton Journal. 2017-07-23. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
3. "Angela Pitt |". UCP Caucus. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
4. "Incumbent MLA easily fends off former sportscaster Roger Millions for Airdrie-East UCP nomination". Calgary Herald. 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
5. "Election Results". CBC News.
6. "Alberta legislature's new Speaker named after United Conservative agenda laid out". thestar.com.
7. "Legislative Assembly of Alberta". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
8. March 25, Kelsey Yates More from Kelsey Yates Published on; March 25, 2019 | Last Updated; Edt, 2019 11:37 Am (2019-03-25). "Angela Pitt runs for re-election". Airdrie Echo. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
9. June 7, Emma Graney Updated; 2018 (2018-06-07). "Airdrie-area UCP nomination gets ugly over $16K PAC payment | Edmonton Journal". Retrieved 2019-12-14.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)