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♀ Pearl Calahasen
aliasPearl Calahasen
Record
8755 · 2872

Metis   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 88%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 7 1 8
Birth 5 December 1952
Age 71 years + 4 months
First mandate 20 March 1989 → 35 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 36 years + 3 months
 
Mandate ended 8 years + 11 months ago (4 May 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Pearl Calahasen (1952– )
© 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 26 0 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 8  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Robert J. Alford  m 
 		 ⊕ Danielle M. Larivee  f 
 
Eligible: 12,074 Votes: 6,838 Participation: 56.63% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Alberta
20 March 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12683(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
PC
 1/3 3,249 47.58% +963 Loser:
LIB
 2,286 33.47% Denise C. Wahlstrom

Service: 4 years 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,743 Votes: 7,703 Participation: 60.45% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Alberta
15 June 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12601(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
PC
 1/3 4,260 55.48% +1,167 Loser:
LIB
 3,093 40.28% Denise C. Wahlstrom

Service: 3 years 8 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,368 Votes: 5,625 Participation: 42.08% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 Alberta
11 March 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 11050(F) — 17 Oct 2021 21:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/4 3,389 60.58% +2,250 Loser:
LIB
 1,139 20.36% Ralph Chalifoux

Service: 4 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,185 Votes: 6,458 Participation: 45.53% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Alberta
12 March 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8692(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/3 4,766 74.16% +3,337 Loser:
LIB
 1,429 22.23% Rick Noel

Service: 3 years 8 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,259 Votes: 6,039 Participation: 31.36% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
26		 Alberta
22 November 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8776(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/5 3,903 64.94% +2,934 Loser:
AA
 969 16.12% Valerie Rahn

Service: 3 years 2 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,905 Votes: 5,211 Participation: 26.18% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Alberta
3 March 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8862(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/4 3,384 65.18% +2,275 Loser:
LIB
 1,109 21.36% Steve Noskey

Service: 4 years 1 month 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 18,723 Votes: 7,217 Participation: 38.55% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Alberta
23 April 2012
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8892(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/5 3,507 48.76% +656 Loser:
WRA
 2,851 39.64% Darryl Boisson

Service: 3 years 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 20,277 Votes: 9,086 Participation: 44.81% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Alberta
5 May 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9037(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
62
PC
 3/3 1,944 21.46% -1,971 Winner:
NDP
 3,915 43.23% Danielle M. Larivee

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Honourable Pearl Calahasen, ECA		 20 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Pearl Calahasen		 20 Mar 2024

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