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♀ Laurie Blakeman
aliasLaurie Blakeman
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 5 1 6
Birth 23 May 1958
Age 65 years + 11 months
First mandate 11 March 1997 → 27 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 38 years + 9 months
 
Mandate ended 8 years + 11 months ago (4 May 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Laurie Blakeman (1958– )
© Photo LaurieBlakeman — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Ben Henderson (1957–) Spouse  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 18 0 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
6 documented challengers
⊕ Deron M. Bilous  m 
⊕ David M. Eggen  m 
⊕ Naomi Rankin  f 
 		 ⊕ Tony Caterina  m 
⊕ David J. Parker  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ David M. Shepherd  m 
 
Eligible: 20,907 Votes: 10,892 Participation: 52.10% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
24		 Alberta
11 March 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 11026(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 1/6 4,769 43.96% +1,135 Loser:
PC
 3,634 33.50% Don Weideman

Service: 4 years (Oppo.)
Eligible: 22,648 Votes: 11,650 Participation: 51.44% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Alberta
12 March 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8669(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/4 5,095 44.01% +649 Loser:
PC
 4,446 38.41% Don Weideman

Service: 3 years 8 months 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 22,362 Votes: 10,950 Participation: 48.97% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
26		 Alberta
22 November 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8752(F) — 1 Dec 2022 21:00 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/6 6,203 57.07% +3,581 Loser:
PC
 2,622 24.12% Don Weideman

Service: 3 years 2 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 35,186 Votes: 11,318 Participation: 32.17% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
27		 Alberta
3 March 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8837(F) — 17 Oct 2021 22:06 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/6 5,042 44.98% +1,751 Loser:
PC
 3,291 29.36% Bill Donahue

Service: 4 years 1 month 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 28,358 Votes: 14,100 Participation: 49.72% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Alberta
23 April 2012
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8896(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/4 5,626 40.37% +1,330 Loser:
PC
 4,296 30.82% Akash Khokhar

Service: 3 years 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 34,976 Votes: 16,581 Participation: 47.41% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
29		 Alberta
5 May 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9011(F) — 27 Nov 2022 15:56 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
LIB
 2/6 4,199 25.42% -4,784 Winner:
NDP
 8,983 54.39% David M. Shepherd

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Laurie Blakeman		 03 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Laurie Blakeman		 03 Mar 2024

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