Ken Lemke

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Ken Lemke MLA
Member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly for Stony Plain
Incumbent
Assumed office April 23, 2012
Preceded by	Fred Lindsay
Mayor of Stony Plain
In office 2007 – February 22, 2012^[1]
Preceded by	Donna Cowan
Succeeded by	William Choy
Personal details
Born	c. 1951 (age 62–63)^[2]^[3] Ohaton, Alberta^[4]
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Website	Official website

Ken Lemke MLA, (born c. 1951) is a politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as mayor of Stony Plain from 2007 to 2012. Lemke then went into provincial politics, and has represented Stony Plain since the 2012 provincial election.

Political career

Lemke successfully ran for town councillor in 1995. He held this position for four terms, until deciding to take a run for mayor.^[5] Lemke become mayor of the Town of Stony Plain in 2007, and was acclaimed in 2010.

In 2012, with Stony Plain MLA Fred Lindsay retiring, Lemke ran for the Progressive Conservative (PC) nomination. On April 23, 2012, he won the Stony Plain riding, and successfully made his way into provincial politics.

Alberta general election, 2012: Stony Plain
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Lemke
	Liberal	Arlin Biffert
	Wildrose	Hal Tagg
	NDP	Linda Robinson
	Alberta Party	Kurtis Ewanchuk
	Evergreen	Matthew Burnett
Total				100%

References

↑ "By-election in Stony Plain set for May 1". Town of Stony Plain. February 28, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
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↑ "Ken Lemke resigns as mayor of the Town of Stony Plain". Town of Stony Plain. February 22, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2012.

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Independent	Allen Sandhu

Persondata
Name	Lemke, Ken
Alternative names
Short description	Alberta politician
Date of birth	c. 1951
Place of birth	Ohaton, Alberta
Date of death
Place of death

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