Craig Cheffins

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Craig Cheffins

MLA for Calgary Elbow
In office 2007 – 2008
Preceded by	Ralph Klein
Succeeded by	Alison Redford

Political party	Liberal

Craig Cheffins is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the Calgary Elbow riding. Running as a Liberal, he won the seat in a 2007 by-election, but lost the seat in the 2008 general election.

1 Political life
2 Career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Political life

A by-election was called to replace former premier Ralph Klein, who vacated the seat, after retiring as premier of Alberta.^[1]^[2] He was considered a "prime candidate" in the by-election, according to Don Braid, of the Calgary Herald.^[1], and won the by-election by approximately 800 votes. The constituency had previously elected Progressive Conservative candidates in every election and by-election since 1971.

Previously Cheffins was the president of the Calgary community of Lakeview and involved in the West Hillhurst community associations.^[1] He was also active in prior Liberal party campaigns.^[1]

Cheffins was an active member of the Weaselhead Preservation Society.^[3]

Cheffins lost the provincial election on March 3, 2008.

[edit] Career

Cheffins' employer at the time of the 2007 by-election was Mount Royal College (MRC), where he was the Work Experience Coordinator of the Justice Studies department.^[4] According to an article published in The Reflector, a student newspaper at MRC, two students of Cheffins claimed he neglected his duties in favour of the by-election campaign; however, Cheffins denied the allegations, a college official said "never was (Cheffins') program left unattended", and a justice studies professor charged that the complaints were politically motivated.^[5]