Ken Lemke
| Ken Lemke MLA | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly for Stony Plain | |
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Assumed office April 23, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Fred Lindsay |
| Mayor of Stony Plain | |
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In office 2007 – February 22, 2012[1] | |
| Preceded by | Donna Cowan |
| Succeeded by | William Choy |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
c. 1951 (age 64–65)[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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ken Lemke | 7,010 | 45.83% | −17.55% | ||||
| Wildrose | Hal Tagg | 5,675 | 37.10% | +31.16% | ||||
| New Democratic | Linda Robinson | 1,224 | 8.00% | +0.69% | ||||
| Liberal | Arlin Biffert | 1,042 | 6.81% | −12.29% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Kurtis Ewanchuk | 207 | 1.35% | |||||
| Evergreen | Matt Burnett | 138 | 0.90% | −3.37% | ||||
| Total | 16,460 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | ||||||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 27,243 | 60.42% | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 18.30% | ||||||
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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