Drew Barnes
| Drew Barnes MLA | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Cypress-Medicine Hat | |
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Assumed office April 23, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Len Mitzel |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 21, 1961 Moosomin, Saskatchewan |
| Political party | Wildrose Party |
| Spouse(s) | Frances |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Medicine Hat |
| Education | University of Alberta, Bachelor of Commerce |
| Occupation | MLA, Rancher, Businessman |
| Website | www.drewbarnes4wildrose.com |
Drew Barnes (born May 21, 1961) is a Canadian politician who is an elected member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Cypress-Medicine Hat.[1][2] He was born in Moosomin, Saskatchewan.[3][4] Currently (2015) he is the Energy Critic. In the past he has been the Infrastructure and Transportation Critic, Caucus Whip and Health Critic for the Wildrose Official Opposition. He has served on the Standing Committees of the Alberta Heritage Trust Fund, Public Accounts, Resource Stewardship and Private Bills. He authored two reports, ("How to Build Alberta Better" and "On Time, On Budget", and co-authored "Twin Highway 63 Now" and "Debt Free Capital Plan".[5]
Career
Barnes has been a resident of Medicine Hat since 1974, where he lives with his wife Frances and three sons. He graduated from the University of Alberta in 1983, with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. He previously attended Camrose Lutheran College. Barnes owned and managed a real estate office for 26 years until 2009. An entrepreneur and businessman, Barnes owns a number of businesses in Medicine Hat, including a construction company, a storage facility and a property management company. He also owns commercial and residential property all over southern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan and has irrigation and ranchland, raising commercial beef and rodeo stock.[6] Barnes has been an active community volunteer with Kiwanis Club, serving as past president, and was past President and also Fundraising Chair of the United Way.[7]
In August 2012, Barnes and a colleague went on a fact finding mission to Fort McMurray to learn more about the notoriously dangerous Highway 63.[8] They called on the government to release a timeline for the completion of twinning the highway.
In late February 2015, Barnes announced he would enter the race for leader of the Wildrose Party.[9] On March 28, 2015, Brian Jean was elected Wildrose leader.[10] The same day the Wildrose imposed a $15,000 fine against Barnes' campaign for violation of the Leadership Rules concerning robo-calling.[11][12]
Electoral history
2012 general election
| Alberta general election, 2012: Cypress-Medicine Hat | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Wildrose | Drew Barnes | 7,098 | 53.60% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Len Mitzel | 4,738 | 35.78% | |||||
| Liberal | Jon Mastel | 770 | 5.81% | |||||
| New Democratic | Manuel Martinez | 637 | 4.81% | |||||
| Total | 13,243 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 127 | |||||||
| Eligible electors | 26,199 | |||||||
2015 general election
| Alberta general election, 2015 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Wildrose | Drew Barnes | 8,523 | 54.5% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bob Olson | 3,375 | 21.6% | |||||
| New Democratic | Bev Waege | 3,233 | 20.7% | |||||
| Liberal | Eric Musekamp | 496 | 3.2% | |||||
| Total | ||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | ||||||||
| Eligible electors | ||||||||
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
- ↑ Alberta Election 2012: Riding-by-riding results
- ↑ "Wildrose candidate Drew Barnes hosts open house". Bow Island Commentator. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
- ↑ About Drew Barnes
- ↑ "Wildrose MLAs". Retrieved 2013-06-07.
- ↑ "Drew Barnes biography". Retrieved 2013-06-07.
- ↑ "Wildrose MLA Drew Barnes". Retrieved 2013-06-07.
- ↑ "Wildrose MLAs challenge government on twinning". Fort McMurray Today. Retrieved 2013-06-05.
- ↑ "Barnes announces candidacy for Wildrose leadership". Medicine Hat News. February 27, 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
- ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/brian-jean-elected-new-leader-of-wildrose-party-1.3013900. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ The Calgary Herald, March 28, 2015
- ↑ http://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/wildrose-party-fines-drew-barnes-campaign-after-robocalls