| 词条 | Donna Kennedy-Glans |
| 释义 |
| name= Donna Kennedy-Glans | image= | imagesize= | caption= | title= Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary Varsity | term_start= April 23, 2012 | term_end= May 5, 2015 | predecessor= Harry B. Chase | successor= Stephanie McLean | birth_date={{birth date and age|1960|5|5}} | birth_place=near Tillsonburg, Ontario | party= Progressive Conservative (2012–2014) Independent (2014) Progressive Conservative (2014-present) | alma_mater = Wilfrid Laurier University University of Western Ontario | profession= Businesswoman, Philanthropist }}Donna Kennedy-Glans (born May 5, 1960) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Calgary-Varsity from April 2012 to May 2015.[1][2] She was elected initially as a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus, and chaired the all-party Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship. On December 13, 2013, she was sworn into the Cabinet of Alberta to fill the newly created post of Associate Minister – Electricity and Renewable Energy.[3] Kennedy-Glans announced that she was resigning from cabinet and leaving the PC caucus to sit as an independent on March 17, 2014, in protest against the leadership of Alison Redford.[4] She officially rejoined the PC caucus on September 17, 2014, after Jim Prentice assumed the leadership of the party.[5] Kennedy-Glans declared as a candidate for the leadership of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party. She withdrew her candidacy in a letter to supporters on November 8, 2016, following the party's AGM saying: "Right now, politics in Alberta is polarizing and there is limited opportunity for centrist voices to be heard."[6] Following Jason Kenney's Progressive Conservative leadership victory Kennedy-Glans announced, that 10 days prior to the vote, she had been named to his transition team.[7] ControversyKennedy-Glans was embroiled in the Redford PC Government misuse of Government planes.[8] Kennedy-Glans was one of several Tory MLA's engaged in misuse of Government resources, when they used a Government plane to attend a PC party fundraiser in Grande Prairie on Oct. 25, 2012.[9] Election results{{Alberta provincial election, 2012/Calgary-Varsity}}References1. ^[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/live-results-alberta-election-2012/article2405211/ Alberta Election 2012: Riding-by-riding results]. The Globe and Mail, April 23, 2012. 2. ^http://www.cbc.ca/news/elections/alberta-votes/divisions/calgary-varsity-1.3009825 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1015443/albertas-redford-shakes-up-cabinet/|title=Alberta’s Redford shakes up cabinet|publisher=Global News|date=December 13, 2013|accessdate=May 18, 2016}} 4. ^"Alberta PC associate minister Donna Kennedy-Glans quits in another blow to Alison Redford’s already shaky leadership". National Post, March 17, 2014. 5. ^{{cite news|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1569354/kennedy-glans-returns-to-alberta-pc-caucus/|title=Kennedy-Glans returns to Alberta PC caucus|publisher=Global News|date=September 17, 2014|accessdate=18 September 2014}} 6. ^https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/alberta/two-female-candidates-quit-alberta-progressive-conservative-leadership-race/article32740647/ 7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/battle-of-alberta-mainstream-centre-voters-1.4032078|title=Battle for the centre: After Kenney's unite-the-right win, where will progressives go?|publisher=CBC|date=March 20, 2017|accessdate=2 May 2017}} 8. ^http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alison-redford-used-public-money-inappropriately-ag-says-1.2730213 9. ^http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/partisan-use-of-government-planes-not-touched-in-alberta-review-critics-say-1.2824059 External links
6 : 1960 births|Living people|Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs|Women MLAs in Alberta|21st-century Canadian politicians|21st-century women politicians |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。