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♀ Marlaina Danielle Smith
aliasMarlaina Danielle Smith
Record
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Ukranian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Alberta
Government
 Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 3 0 3
Birth 1 April 1971
Age 53 years
First mandate 23 April 2012 → 12 years + 6 days ago
↳ at age 41 years
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Marlaina Danielle Smith (1971– )
© Photo 2014 Centre Manning — licensed under CC BY 2.0
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 4 5 29 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 27–28
WRA
 1 Party leader 38–43 06 Jun 2009 — 17 Dec 2014 5 6 11
2. AB 28
WRA
 1 Opposition Leader 41–43 23 Apr 2012 — 17 Dec 2014 2 7 24
3. AB 30–31
UCP
 2 Party leader 51–53 07 Oct 2022 — 1 6 22
4. AB 30–31
UCP
 1 Premier 51–53 11 Oct 2022 — 1 6 18

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊕ John Barlow  m 
 		 ⊕ Barry Morishita  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 32,659 Votes: 19,285 Participation: 59.05% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Alberta
23 April 2012
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8959(F) — 26 Oct 2023 21:44 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
41
WRA
 1/4 10,094 52.59% +1,935 Loser:
PC
 8,159 42.51% John Barlow
After her election:
17 Dec 2014 43
WRA
 →
PC
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
Service: 3 years 11 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 37,239 Votes: 20,783 Participation: 55.81% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
29		 Alberta
5 May 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9032(F) — 26 Oct 2023 21:57 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
44		 Successor:
WR
 8,504 41.07% A. Wayne Anderson
Eligible: 35,872 Votes: 12,806 Participation: 35.70% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
30		 Alberta
8 November 2022
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UCP  Majority
ID: 38915(F) — 28 Apr 2023 07:59 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
51
UCP
 1/5 6,919 54.51% +3,525 Loser:
NDP
 3,394 26.74% Gwendoline Dirk

Service: 6 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 35,385 Votes: 20,307 Participation: 57.39% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Alberta
29 May 2023
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UCP  Majority
ID: 38921(F) — 9 Jun 2023 07:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
52
UCP
 1/3 13,315 66.49% +7,838 Loser:
NDP
 5,477 27.35% Gwendoline Dirk

Service: 11 months (Gov't)

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Honourable Premier Danielle Smith, ECA		 01 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Danielle Smith		 01 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Danielle Smith		 01 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Apr 2024 07:47 (but data presented dynamically)

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