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♂ Kevin Taft
aliasKevin Taft
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 3 0 3
Birth 9 September 1955
Age 68 years + 8 months
First mandate 12 March 2001 → 23 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 12 years + 26 days ago (22 April 2012)
Special notes
None
 
Kevin Taft (1955– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 11 0 10 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 25–27
LIB
 1 Party leader 48–53 27 Mar 2004 — 11 Dec 2008 4 8 14
2. AB 25–27
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 48–52 29 Mar 2004 — 14 Feb 2008 3 10 16

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Fred Horne  m 
 
 
Eligible: 23,208 Votes: 14,975 Participation: 64.53% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Alberta
12 March 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8681(F) — 8 Mar 2022 12:50 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
LIB
 1/4 7,420 49.68% +1,537 Loser:
PC
 5,883 39.39% Wendy Kinsella

Service: 3 years 8 months 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 25,060 Votes: 15,755 Participation: 62.87% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
26		 Alberta
22 November 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8764(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
49
LIB
 1/6 10,280 65.48% +6,705 Loser:
PC
 3,575 22.77% Frederick T. Horne

Service: 3 years 2 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 31,130 Votes: 14,797 Participation: 47.53% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
27		 Alberta
3 March 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8848(F) — 8 Mar 2022 15:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
52
LIB
 1/5 7,471 50.61% +2,300 Loser:
PC
 5,171 35.03% Wendy Andrews

Service: 4 years 1 month 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 28,975 Votes: 18,612 Participation: 64.23% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Alberta
23 April 2012
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8902(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
PC
 7,288 39.59% Steven K. Young

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Dr. Kevin Taft		  7 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Kevin Taft		  7 May 2024
FR Wikipédia
Kevin Taft		  7 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 May 2024 20:51 (but data presented dynamically)

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