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 62–63)[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.[citation needed]
Johnson ran for the Calgary Ward 11 City Councilor seat in October 2017 but lost to Jeromy Farkas.[4]
Electoral record[]
| hide2015 Alberta general election: Calgary-Glenmore | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Anam Kazim | 7,021 | 33.18% | 27.22% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Linda Johnson | 7,015 | 33.16% | -14.78% | ||||
| Wildrose | Chris Kemp-Jackson | 5,058 | 23.91% | -15.10% | ||||
| Liberal | Dave Waddington | 1,345 | 6.36% | -0.74% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Terry Lo | 719 | 3.40% | – | ||||
| Total | 21,158 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 93 | 32 | 9 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 37,109 | 57.29% | -1.72% | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -4.45% | ||||||
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| hide2012 Alberta general election: Calgary-Glenmore | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Linda Johnson | 9,710 | 47.93% | 22.03% | ||||
| Wildrose | Paul Hinman | 7,902 | 39.01% | 2.14% | ||||
| Liberal | Dan MacAuley | 1,437 | 7.09% | -27.15% | ||||
| New Democratic | Rick Collier | 1,208 | 5.96% | 4.62% | ||||
| Total | 20,257 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 144 | 32 | 11 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 34,592 | 59.01% | 19.86% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Wildrose | Swing | -4.29% | ||||||
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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 Archived 2012-05-30 at the Wayback Machine. The Globe and Mail, April 23, 2012.
- ^ "Legislative Assembly of Alberta". assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-2017-city-council-election-results-1.4357852
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