Katherine O'Neill
This article is about the Canadian politician.
Katherine O'Neill | |
|---|---|
| President of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta | |
| In office March 14, 2017 – April 7, 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Alberta Party |
| Other political affiliations | Progressive Conservative (former) |
| Alma mater | Wilfrid Laurier University and Carleton University |
| Occupation | Journalist, Businesswoman |
Katherine O'Neill is a Canadian politician and the Alberta Party candidate for Edmonton-Riverview.[1] O'Neill was elected as the president of Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta in 2017 and shortly after resigned from the position.[2] [3]She was a Candidate for the Progressive Conservative and was defeated by Jon Carson of the New Democrats in the 2015 provincial election.[4]
Alberta Together Committee[edit]
After her resignation as the president of Progressive Conservative she headed the Alberta Together Committee.[5] O'Neill in her role as the Executive director of the Alberta Together Committee facilitated the merger of centrist members of Progressive Conservative with the Alberta Party in 2017. She was one of the key people who held the talks in Red Deer with the former leader of the Alberta Party, Greg Clark that resulted in the merger of the two groups.[6][7][8]
Electoral history[edit]
| Alberta general election, 2015: Edmonton-Meadowlark | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Jon Carson | 9,795 | 57.0% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Katherine O'Neill | 3,924 | 22.8% | |||||
| Wildrose | Amber Maze | 1,971 | 11.5% | |||||
| Liberal | Dan Bildhauer | 1,506 | 8.8% | |||||
| Total | ||||||||
| Alberta general election, 2019: Edmonton-Riverview | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Lori Sigurdson | 12,234 | 55.9% | -6.88% | ||||
| United Conservative | Kara Barker | 6,508 | 29.8% | +3.45% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Katherine O'Neill | 2,503 | 11.4% | +8.87% | ||||
| Liberal | Indy Randhawa | 299 | 1.4% | -5.94% | ||||
| Independence | Corey MacFadden | 190 | 0.9% | -- | ||||
| Independent | Rob Bernshaw | 135 | 0.6% | -- | ||||
| Total valid votes | 21,869 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 58 | 70 | 11 | |||||
| Registered electors and turnout | 33,012 | 66.5% | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | |||||||
Source(s)
"2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2019-04-30. | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ↑ "Alberta election: Edmonton-Riverview". Global News. Global News. March 17, 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ↑ GRANEY, EMMA. "Katherine O'Neill resigns as Progressive Conservative Party president". Edmonton Journal. Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ↑ CBC News (May 7, 2017). "Alberta PC party appoints new president focused on right-wing unity". CBC. CBC. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ↑ "Katherine O'Neill wins PC nomination in Edmonton-Meadowlark". CBC News. CBC News. Mar 14, 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ↑ WOOD, JAMES (June 15, 2017). "Former Alberta PCs looking for centrist alternative in time for 2019 election". CALGARY HERALD. CALGARY HERALD. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ↑ Bennett, Dean (June 21, 2017). CBC. CBC https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-party-alberta-together-katherine-oneill-red-deer-1.4172292. Retrieved 25 March 2019. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ PASSIFIUME, BRYAN (June 25, 2017). "Political centrists vote to rally around Alberta Party". Calgary Herald. Calgary Herald. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ↑ Bennett, Dean (June 21, 2017). "Political centrists to eye embracing Alberta Party at weekend meeting". Global News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
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