Estefania Cortes-Vargas

Estefania Cortes-Vargas
Estefania Cortes-Vargas
	Cortes-Vargas in 2015
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Strathcona-Sherwood Park
	In office; May 5, 2015 – March 19, 2019
Preceded by	Dave Quest
Succeeded by	Nate Glubish
Personal details
Born	1990/1991 (age 29–30); Colombia
Political party	Alberta New Democratic Party
Occupation	Educational assistant

Estefania Cortes-Vargas (born 1991) is a Colombian-born Canadian politician and non-profit administrator who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the electoral district of Strathcona-Sherwood Park as a member of the Alberta New Democratic Party.[1] Upon election they became one of the first three out LGBT people elected to the Alberta legislature, alongside caucus colleagues Michael Connolly and Ricardo Miranda.[2]

Although Cortes-Vargas was represented in media coverage during the election campaign as female and lesbian,[2] in December 2015 they formally came out as non-binary in the legislature during debate on the inclusion of transgender rights in the provincial human rights code.[3] While the provincial Hansard normally reports members' speeches under the gender honorifics "Mr." or "Ms.", Cortes-Vargas is recorded as "Member Cortes-Vargas".[3] Cortes-Vargas chose not to run in the 2019 Alberta general election.[4]

In 2019 Cortes-Vargas was named executive director of the Pride Centre of Edmonton.[5]

Electoral history

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election: Strathcona-Sherwood Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Estefania Cortes-Vargas	9,376	42.61	+34.10
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Quest	6,623	30.10	-20.61
	Wildrose	Rob Johnson	5,286	24.02	-9.62
	Alberta Party	Lynne Kaiser	721	3.28
Total valid votes			22,006
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			110
Registered electors / Turnout			34,346	64.39	+4.51
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+27.36
Source(s) Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results: Strathcona-Sherwood Park". Retrieved July 10, 2018.

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References

"Alberta Election 2015: NDP’s Estefania Cortes-Vargas wins Strathcona-Sherwood Park riding". Global News, May 5, 2015.
"NDP candidate supports education" Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine. Sherwood Park News, April 30, 2015.
"An Alberta MLA on battling gender identity". Maclean's, December 1, 2015.
Bellefontaine, Michelle (January 21, 2019). "NDP MLAs Jansen, Cortes-Vargas announce they're not running again". CBC News. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
Konguavi, Thandiwe (July 25, 2019). "Former NDP whip takes lead of embattled Pride Centre of Edmonton". CBC News. Retrieved July 25, 2019.

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[1] "Alberta Election 2015: NDP’s Estefania Cortes-Vargas wins Strathcona-Sherwood Park riding". Global News, May 5, 2015.

[sherwood-2] "NDP candidate supports education" Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine. Sherwood Park News, April 30, 2015.

[macleans-3] "An Alberta MLA on battling gender identity". Maclean's, December 1, 2015.

[4] Bellefontaine, Michelle (January 21, 2019). "NDP MLAs Jansen, Cortes-Vargas announce they're not running again". CBC News. Retrieved 2019-07-25.

[5] Konguavi, Thandiwe (July 25, 2019). "Former NDP whip takes lead of embattled Pride Centre of Edmonton". CBC News. Retrieved July 25, 2019.