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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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| office = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]] for [[West Yellowhead (electoral district)|West Yellowhead]]
| term_start = March 3, 2008
| term_end = May 5, 2015
| predecessor = [[Ivan Strang]]
| successor = [[Eric Rosendahl]]
| birth_name = Robin Ian Campbell
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| residence = Jasper, Alberta
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'''Robin Ian Campbell''' (born September 9, 1955) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] provincial level politician. He was elected in 2008 to represent the [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] of [[West Yellowhead (electoral district)|West Yellowhead]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]]. He is a member of the governing [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]] caucus.
'''Robin Ian Campbell''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA}} (born September 9, 1955) is a former Canadian provincial-level politician. He was elected in 2008 to represent the [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] of [[West Yellowhead (electoral district)|West Yellowhead]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]]. He was a member of the former governing [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]] caucus. He was appointed Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board by Premier [[Jim Prentice]] on September 15, 2014. He lost his seat to [[Eric Rosendahl]] in the [[2015 Alberta general election|May 5, 2015 provincial election]] that also defeated the Progressive Conservative government after 44 years in office. On November 12, he was named president of the [[Coal Association of Canada]].<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/campbell-coal-alberta-lobby-finance-minister-1.3316484 "Robin Campbell, former Alberta energy minister, named head of Coal Association of Canada"] [[CBC News]], November 12, 2015.</ref>


==Political career==
==Political career==
Campbell ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the [[Alberta general election, 2008|2008 Alberta general election]]. He won his first term to represent the electoral district of West Yellowhead by a wide margin to hold it for the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.<ref name="elec1">{{cite book|title=The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assembly|publisher=Election Alberta|pages=558–563}}</ref>
Campbell ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the [[2008 Alberta general election]]. He won his first term to represent the electoral district of West Yellowhead by a wide margin to hold it for the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.<ref name="elec1">{{cite book|title=The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assembly|year=2008|url=https://archive.org/details/reportonmarch3202008elec|publisher=Election Alberta|pages=[https://archive.org/details/reportonmarch3202008elec/page/558 558]–563}}</ref>

Campbell is avid golfer & fishermen. Has a daughter, Sheena.


==Electoral history==
==Electoral history==
{{Alberta provincial election, 2008/West Yellowhead}}
{{Alberta provincial election, 2012/West Yellowhead}}
{{Alberta provincial election, 2015/West Yellowhead}}


==References==
===2008 general election===
{{Reflist}}
{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="3" align=center|'''[[Alberta general election, 2008|2008 Alberta general election]] results'''<ref name="2008 official">{{cite book|title=The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly|publisher=Elections Alberta|date=July 28, 2008 |pages=558–563}}</ref>
| colspan="2"|'''Turnout 35.26%'''
|colspan="2" align=center|'''Swing'''
|-
|colspan="2"| '''Affiliation'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''%'''
|'''Party'''
|'''Personal'''
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Alberta PC Association/row}}
|[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]]
|Robin Campbell
|4,206
|53.83%
|8.11%
|align=center|*
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Lisa Higgerty
|1,932
|24.72%
|4.42%
|align=center|*
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|Ken Kuzminski
|1,054
|13.49%
||-8.09%
|align=center|*
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Wildrose/row}}
|[[Wildrose Party|Wildrose Alliance]]
|Earle Cunningham
|326
|4.17%
|colspan=2 align=center|-4.05%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Green|row-name}}
|Scott Pickett
|296
|3.79%
||-0.39%
|align=center|*
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Total'''
|'''7,814'''
|colspan=3|'''100%'''
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Rejected, Spoiled and Declined'''
|colspan="4"|'''32'''
|-
|align=center colspan=7|'''22,252 Eligible Electors'''
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Alberta PC Association/row}}
|colspan=4|'''Progressive Conservative hold'''
|colspan=2|'''Swing 6.27%'''
|}

===2012 general election===
{| class="wikitable"
|colspan="3" align=center|'''[[Alberta general election, 2012|2012 Alberta general election]]
|colspan="2"|'''Turnout %'''
|colspan="2" align=center|'''Swing'''
|-
|colspan="2"| '''Affiliation'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''%'''
|'''Party'''
|'''Personal'''
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Alberta PC Association/row}}
|[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]]
|Robin Campbell
|4,405
|44.86%
|%
|align=center|*
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Wildrose/row}}
|[[Wildrose Party|Wildrose]]
|Stuart Taylor
|2,642
|26.91%
|%
|align=center|*
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Alberta Party/row}}
|[[Alberta Party]]
|[[Glenn Taylor]]
|1,668
|16.99%
|%
|align=center|*
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|Barry Madsen
|794
|8.09%
|%
|align=center|*
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Michael Martyna
|310
|3.16%
|%
|align=center|*
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Total'''
|'''9,810'''
|colspan=3|'''100%'''
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Rejected Ballots'''
|colspan="4"|''''''
|-
|align=center colspan=7|''' Eligible Electors'''
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Other/row}}
|colspan=4|''' '''
|colspan=2|'''Swing %'''
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [https://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_bio&rnumber=81 Profile at the Legislative Assembly of Alberta]
* [https://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_bio&rnumber=81 Profile at the Legislative Assembly of Alberta]


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| title=[[Order of precedence in Alberta]]
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| years={{As of|2013|lc=on}}
| before=[[Doug Griffiths]]
| after=[[Heather Klimchuk]]}}
{{s-end}}
{{Alberta MLAs}}


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Latest revision as of 21:23, 25 September 2024

The Honourable
Robin Campbell
ECA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for West Yellowhead
In office
March 3, 2008 – May 5, 2015
Preceded byIvan Strang
Succeeded byEric Rosendahl
Personal details
Born
Robin Ian Campbell

(1955-09-09) September 9, 1955 (age 69)
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Residence(s)Jasper, Alberta, Canada

Robin Ian Campbell ECA (born September 9, 1955) is a former Canadian provincial-level politician. He was elected in 2008 to represent the electoral district of West Yellowhead in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He was a member of the former governing Progressive Conservative caucus. He was appointed Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board by Premier Jim Prentice on September 15, 2014. He lost his seat to Eric Rosendahl in the May 5, 2015 provincial election that also defeated the Progressive Conservative government after 44 years in office. On November 12, he was named president of the Coal Association of Canada.[1]

Political career

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Campbell ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 2008 Alberta general election. He won his first term to represent the electoral district of West Yellowhead by a wide margin to hold it for the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.[2]

Electoral history

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2008 Alberta general election: West Yellowhead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Robin Campbell 4,206 53.83% 8.10%
Liberal Lisa Higgerty 1,932 24.72% 4.43%
New Democratic Ken Kuzminski 1,054 13.49% -8.09%
Wildrose Alliance Earle Cunningham 326 4.17% -4.05%
Green Scott Pickett 296 3.79% -0.39%
Total 7,814 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 26 5 1
Eligible electors / turnout 20,770 37.75% -8.76%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 2.48%
Source(s)
Source: "81 - West Yellowhead, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2008). The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assembly (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 558–563. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
2012 Alberta general election: West Yellowhead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Robin Campbell 4,393 44.59% -9.24%
Wildrose Alliance Stuart Taylor 2,688 27.28% 23.11%
Alberta Party Glenn Taylor 1,668 16.93% –
New Democratic Barry Madsen 797 8.09% -5.40%
Liberal Michael Martyna 307 3.12% -21.61%
Total 9,853 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 51 25 5
Eligible electors / turnout 20,919 47.37% 9.62%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.90%
Source(s)
Source: "85 - West Yellowhead, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
2015 Alberta general election: West Yellowhead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Eric Rosendahl 4,135 38.92% 30.84%
Progressive Conservative Robin Campbell 3,433 32.32% -12.27%
Wildrose Stuart Taylor 3,055 28.76% 1.48%
Total 10,623 –turnout 23,063 46.29%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -5.35%
Source(s)
Source: "85 - West Yellowhead, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta.

References

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  1. ^ "Robin Campbell, former Alberta energy minister, named head of Coal Association of Canada" CBC News, November 12, 2015.
  2. ^ The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assembly. Election Alberta. 2008. pp. 558–563.
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