Brian Malkinson
| Brian Malkinson | |
|---|---|
 Malkinson in May 2015 | |
| MLA for Calgary-Currie | |
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Assumed office May 5, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Christine Cusanelli |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1985 (age 30–31) British Columbia, Canada |
| Political party | Alberta New Democratic Party |
| Residence | Calgary, Alberta |
| Occupation | Heavy equipment salesman |
Brian Lawrence Malkinson (born 1985) 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-Currie.[1][2]
He currently serves as a member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. He previously served as a member of the Standing Committee on Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund.
Mr. Malkinson is originally from British Columbia. He obtained a degree in science from Simon Fraser University, where he was, for a time, the president of the Interactive Arts and Technology Student Union.
He is employed in the heavy-equipment industry as a salesman at a heavy-duty engine supplier since making a career change from working as a designer/analyst for Internet start-ups.
Mr. Malkinson currently resides in Calgary, where he enjoys car restoration, music, art and recreational sports. [3]
Electoral history
| Alberta general election, 2012: Calgary-North West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sandra Jansen | 7,683 | 51.76% | |||||
| Wildrose | Chris Challis | 5,454 | 36.74% | |||||
| Liberal | Robert Prcic | 992 | 6.68% | |||||
| New Democratic | Brian Malkinson | 471 | 3.17% | |||||
| Evergreen | Bryan Hunt | 140 | 0.94% | |||||
| Alberta Party | Troy Millington | 103 | 0.69% | |||||
| Alberta provincial by-election, October 27, 2014: Calgary-West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Ellis | 4,843 | 44.44% | |||||
| Wildrose | Sheila Taylor | 4,528 | 41.55% | |||||
| Liberal | David Khan | 926 | 8.50% | |||||
| New Democratic | Brian Malkinson | 336 | 3.08% | |||||
| Alberta Party | Troy Millington | 265 | 2.43% | |||||
| Alberta general election, 2015: Calgary-Currie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Brian Malkinson | 7,317 | 39.5% | +34.09% | $1,260 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Christine Cusanelli | 4,493 | 24.3% | -20.33% | $67,912 | |||
| Wildrose | Terry DeVries | 3,748 | 20.2% | -8.00% | $21,448 | |||
| Liberal | Shelley Wark-Martyn | 1,430 | 7.7% | -8.73% | $23,663 | |||
| Alberta Party | Tony Norman | 1,126 | 6.1% | +2.46% | $2,433 | |||
| Green | Nelson Berlin | 403 | 2.2% | +0.50% | $1,350 | |||
| Total valid votes | ||||||||