Brandy Payne
| Brandy Payne | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Calgary-Acadia | |
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Assumed office May 5, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Denis |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1978 (age 37–38) Calgary, Alberta |
| Political party | Alberta New Democratic Party |
| Residence | Calgary, Alberta |
| Occupation | businesswoman |
Brandy Payne (born 1978) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the Alberta general election, 2015 to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Calgary-Acadia.[1][2] On February 2, 2016, Brandy was appointed Associate Minister for Health. In addition, it was also announced that Minister Payne is expecting her second child in July and joins Minister Stephanie McLean as the first pregnant women in Alberta to hold cabinet posts.
Electoral history
2015 general election
| Alberta general election, 2015 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| New Democratic | Brandy Payne | 5,503 | 34.71 | +30.20 | ||||
| Wildrose | Linda Carlson | 4,981 | 31.42 | -10.66 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jonathan Denis | 4,604 | 29.04 | -16.74 | ||||
| Liberal | Nicholas Borovsky | 764 | 4.82 | -1.45 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 15,852 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +23.47 | ||||||
References
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