Shannon Stubbs

Shannon Stubbs MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Lakeland
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Riding Re-established
Personal details
Born	near Chipman, Alberta
Political party	Conservative (Federal) Wildrose (Provincial)
Spouse(s)	Shayne Saskiw
Residence	Two Hills, Alberta

Shannon Stubbs is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Lakeland in the House of Commons of Canada in the Canadian federal election, 2015.^[1]

Stubbs was also the Wildrose candidate for Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville in the Alberta election of 2012. She won the party's nomination when Ed Stelmach was premier and local MLA,^[2] but despite his resignation, the seat was held by PC candidate and former Strathcona County councillor Jacquie Fenske. Her soon-to-be husband, Shayne Saskiw, was elected for Wildrose in Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills.

She previously served as Danielle Smith's chief of staff from 2010-2012 among other positions within the Wildrose party.^[3]

Electoral record

Alberta general election, 2004: Edmonton-Strathcona
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Raj Pannu	7,463	60.66%	10.05%
	Progressive Conservative	Shannon Stubbs	2,266	18.42%	−15.93%
	Liberal	Stephen Leard	1,854	15.07%	1.01%
	Greens	Adrian Cole	288	2.34%
	Alberta Alliance	Jeremy Burns	273	2.21%
	Social Credit	Kelly Graham	160	1.30%
Total			12,304
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			89
Eligible Electors / Turnout			24,830	49.91%
	New Democratic hold		Swing		12.99%
Source: "Edmonton-Strathcona Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 11, 2012.

Alberta general election, 2012: Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville
Party		Candidate	Votes	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jacquie Fenske	8,366	49.28%	-28.85%
	Wildrose	Shannon Stubbs	5,800	34.17%
	New Democratic	Chris Fulmer	1,556	9.17%	0.54%
	Liberal	Spencer Dunn	845	4.98%	-4.41%
	Evergreen	Matt Levicki	229	1.35%	-2.5%
	Independent	Peter Schneider	180	1.06%
Total valid votes			16,976
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-31.51%

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Shannon Stubbs	39,882	72.8	-6.19	–
	Liberal	Garry Parenteau	7,500	13.7	+8.6	–
	New Democratic	Duane Zaraska	5,513	10.1	-1.12	–
	Green	Danielle Montgomery	1,283	2.3	-1.93	–
	Libertarian	Robert George McFadzean	601	1.1	+0.64	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,779	100.0		$240,908.69
Total rejected ballots			155	–	–
Turnout			54,934	69.24	–
Eligible voters			79,334
	Conservative hold		Swing		-7.40
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]

References

1. "Candidate Q&A with Conservative Shannon Stubbs".
2. "Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville Wildrose candidate Shannon Stubbs discusses election issues while stopping in Tofield".
3. "Stubbs announces candidacy for Conservative nomination".
4. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Lakeland (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
5. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

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