Robin Campbell (politician)
The Honourable Robin Campbell MLA | |
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| MLA for West Yellowhead | |
| Assumed office 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Ivan Strang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 9, 1955 |
| Died | small |
| Resting place | small |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Parent |
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| Residences | Jasper, Alberta |
Robin Ian Campbell (born September 9, 1955) is a Canadian provincial level politician. He was elected in 2008 to represent the electoral district of West Yellowhead in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He is a member of the governing Progressive Conservative caucus. He was appointed Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury board by Premier Jim Prentice on September 15, 2014.
Political career
Campbell ran for a seat to 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.[1]
Campbell is avid golfer & fishermen. He has a daughter, Sheena.
Electoral history
2008 general election
| 2008 Alberta general election results[2] | Turnout 35.26% | Swing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal
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Progressive Conservative | Robin Campbell | 4,206 | 53.83% | 8.11% | * | Liberal | Lisa Higgerty | 1,932 | 24.72% | 4.42% | * | NDP | 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 | 100% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22,252 Eligible Electors
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Progressive Conservative hold | Swing 6.27% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 Alberta general election: West Yellowhead | ||||||||
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| 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 May 21, 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 May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021. | ||||||||
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