Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk
Jackie Armstrong Homeniuk | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville | |
| Assumed office April 16, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Jessica Littlewood |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | United Conservative Party |
| Residence(s) | Vegreville, Alberta |
Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville in the 30th Alberta Legislature.[1][2] She is a member of the United Conservative Party and has been the Associate Minister of Status of Women since June 2022.
Career
Armstrong-Homeniuk introduced private member's bills Protection of Students with Life-threatening Allergies Act (Bill 201) which requires all publicly funded schools to have adrenalin autoinjectors (EpiPens) at the ready, should someone have an unexpected, life-threatening allergic reaction.[3] Bill 201 received Royal Assent on June 28, 2019, and came into force on January 1, 2020.
On August 8, 2022, it was revealed that Armstrong-Homeniuk had led a judging panel that awarded $200 to an essay that supported the Great Replacement conspiracy theory. The entry finished third and was attributed to someone called S. Silver.[4]
The essay called immigration "a sickly mentality that amounts to a drive for cultural suicide," that women are “not exactly” equal to men, and that it was "misguided" and "harmful" to let women have careers traditionally dominated by men. The essay proposed financial incentives to boost birth rates, and awarding medals to women with more than two children.[5]
The essay was submitted in the Her Vision Inspires contest, a contest announced in February that was a partnership between the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Canadian Region. Young women between the ages of 17 and 25 were asked to describe their "unique vision for Alberta" and what they would do if they were elected to be an MLA. The entry was first spotted by NDP MLA Janis Irwin, who posted screenshots of the essay to her Twitter account on August 8, 2022.[6]
In a statement on August 9, 2022, Armstrong-Homeniuk said the essay contest was intended to reflect a “broad range of opinions” from young Alberta women and agreed "the essay in question should not have been chosen."
She sent a second statement later that day apologizing after hearing public and private criticism from colleagues in the UCP caucus and cabinet, including Legislature Speaker Nathan Cooper and UCP leadership candidates and MLAs Rebecca Schulz and Rajan Sawhney.[7]
UCP MLA Jackie Lovely confirmed she was also part of the judging panel on August 10, 2022 and apologized. Both MLAs did not explain how the essay was selected.[8]
Electoral history
2019 general election
| 2019 Alberta general election: Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Jackie Armstrong Homeniuk | 14,233 | 53.63% | 5.11% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jessica Littlewood | 7,790 | 29.35% | -16.59% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Marvin Olsen | 3,386 | 12.76% | 11.10% | ||||
| Freedom Conservative | Malcolm Stinson | 350 | 1.32% | – | ||||
| Green | Rebecca Trotter | 278 | 1.05% | -0.41% | ||||
| Alberta Independence | Shane Ladouceur | 261 | 0.98% | – | ||||
| Alberta Advantage Party | Ronald Malowany | 241 | 0.91% | – | ||||
| Total | 26,539 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 154 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 37,931 | 70.37% | 16.44% | |||||
| United Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | 3.30% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "62 - Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Armstrong-Homeniuk busy knocking on doors". fortsaskatchewanrecord. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
- ^ "Riding profile: Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville". edmontonjournal. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
- ^ French, Janet (June 14, 2019). "Canadian allergy organizations laud Alberta MLA's private member's bill". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ Johnson, Lisa (August 9, 2022). "Prize-winning sexist, racist essay 'should not have been chosen': Alberta associate minister". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Her Vision Inspires Essay Contest". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original on July 31, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ Bellefontaine, Michelle (August 9, 2022). "Racist, sexist essay awarded prize disavowed by Alberta cabinet minister". CBC News.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Braid, Don (August 9, 2022). "Braid: Panicky UCP withdraws prize for essay urging more babies, fewer 'foreigners'". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Bellefontaine, Michelle (August 11, 2022). "Camrose MLA says she was only other member on controversial essay judging panel". CBC News.
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