Karen McPherson
Karen Margaret McPherson (born 1966) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill with a plurality of votes under the first-past-the-post system.[1][2] On October 4, 2017, McPherson announced she was leaving the NDP to sit as an Independent.[3] Weeks later, she announced that she was joining the caucus of the Alberta Party, becoming its second MLA.[4]
Karen McPherson | |
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 McPherson in May 2015 | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill | |
| In office May 5, 2015 – April 16, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Neil Brown |
| Succeeded by | Josephine Pon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1966/1967 (age 53–54) Edmonton, Alberta |
| Political party | Alberta Party (2017-present) |
| Other political affiliations | New Democratic (2015–2017) |
| Residence | Calgary, Alberta |
| Occupation | Business Analyst/Entrepreneur |
In March 2019 she announced that she would not seek re-election. She was succeeded by United Conservative Josephine Pon; the Alberta Party candidate took less than 9% of the votes.
Electoral history
2015 general election
| 2015 Alberta general election: Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Karen McPherson | 6,177 | 36.86% | 30.94% | ||||
| Wildrose | Kathy Macdonald | 4,914 | 29.32% | -9.07% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Neil Brown | 4,585 | 27.36% | -19.11% | ||||
| Liberal | Prab Lashar | 768 | 4.58% | -3.19% | ||||
| Green | Sandy Kevin Aberdeen | 316 | 1.89% | – | ||||
| Total | 16,760 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 91 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 34,487 | 48.86% | -0.05% | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -0.27% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "19 - Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill Official Results 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
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References
- https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/riding-calgary-mackay-nose-hill
- https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/rookie-ndp-mla-inspired-by-peter-lougheed-grant-notley
- http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2017/10/04/calgary-ndp-mla-quits-over-unrepresented-middle.html
- Graney, Emma (October 30, 2017). "MLA Karen McPherson joining the Alberta Party". Edmonton Journal. Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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