Michael Connolly (Canadian politician)
| Michael Connolly MLA | |
|---|---|
 Connolly in 2015 | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Hawkwood | |
|
Assumed office May 5, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Jason Luan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 3, 1994 Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Political party | Alberta New Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Ottawa |
| Occupation | Student |
Michael Robert Davies Connolly (born March 3, 1994) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Calgary-Hawkwood.[1] Upon election he became one of the first three openly LGBT people elected to the Alberta legislature, alongside caucus colleagues Ricardo Miranda and Estefania Cortes-Vargas.[2]
He currently serves as deputy chair of the Standing Committee on Private Bills and as a member of the Standing Committee on Alberta's Economic Future. He has previously served as a member of the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices and the Select Special Ethics and Accountability Committee.[3]
Connolly graduated from Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School in 2012 and began studying history and political science in French immersion at the University of Ottawa (specializing in Scottish politics and nationalism, European integration and Euroskepticism) that same year.
Connolly is active in the federal and provincial NDP. He was nominated in 2014 as the NDP's candidate for the 2015 federal election in the riding of Calgary Midnapore, but withdrew to run provincially.[4]
Electoral history
2015 general election
| Alberta general election, 2015: Calgary-Hawkwood | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Michael Connolly | 7,443 | 36.4 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jason Luan | 6,378 | 31.2 | |||||
| Wildrose | Jae Shim | 4,448 | 21.7 | |||||
| Alberta Party | Beth Barberree | 925 | 4.5 | |||||
| Liberal | Harbaksh Singh Sekhon | 736 | 3.6 | |||||
| Green | Polly Knowlton Cockett | 455 | 2.2 | |||||
| Social Credit | Len Skowronski | 90 | 0.4 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 20,475 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 114 | |||||||
| Turnout | 20,589 | 61.4 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 33,523 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Alberta[5] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ "21 years old and now the new MLA of Calgary-Hawkwood". Calgary Herald, May 6, 2015.
- ↑ "“Tough road ahead” for new NDP MLA’s". News Talk 770, May 6, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_bio&rnumber=15&leg=29
- ↑ "Meet some of the new faces elected in Alberta’s orange wave". Toronto Star, May 6, 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-30.