♂ Jason T. Kenney ♦

Irish-Canadian    Gay (not public)
Record
31442 · 821
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ∑ ✓ ✗
Canada 7 7 0
Alberta 2 2 0
Total 9 9 0
Birth Death Age Died in office
30 May 1968 0 0000 55 years 10 months No
Service in elected office
Legislature Total Government Opposition
Canada
Days years months days
7,019 19 2 18
Days years months days
3,553 9 8 21
Days years months days
3,466 9 5 26
Alberta
Days years months days
1,853 5 0 27
Days years months days
1,324 3 7 16
Days years months days
529 1 5 13
Total > 
Days years months days
8,872 24 3 14
Days years months days
4,877 13 4 7
Days years months days
3,995 10 11 8
The calculations in years, months and days are approximate and might be off by a few days due to the base date used for these calculations.
Leadership roles
  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 41 CPC 1 Minister of State/responsible 42–47 18 May 2011 — 03 Nov 2015 4 5 16
2. CA 41 CPC 1 Minister 45 15 Jul 2013 — 11 Dec 2013 0 4 26
3. CA 41 CPC 1 Minister of State/responsible 45–46 15 Jul 2013 — 08 Feb 2015 1 6 24
4. CA 41 CPC 1 Minister 45–46 12 Dec 2013 — 08 Feb 2015 1 1 27
5. CA 41 CPC 1 Minister 46–47 09 Feb 2015 — 03 Nov 2015 0 8 25
6. AB 29 PC 1 Party leader 48–49 18 Mar 2017 — 30 Jul 2017 0 4 12
7. AB 29 UCP 1 Opposition Leader 49–50 28 Oct 2017 — 15 Apr 2019 1 5 18
8. AB 29 UCP 1 Party leader 49–54 28 Oct 2017 — 06 Oct 2022 4 11 8
9. AB 30 UCP 1 Premier 50–54 30 Apr 2019 — 10 Oct 2022 3 5 10
 1. Southern Alberta [Without portfolio]
 2. Human Resources and Skills Development
 3. Mortgage and Housing [Public Works and Gov't Services/Procurement]
 4. Employment and Social Development
 5. National Defence
Electoral history
→ 9 recorded electoral participations
→ 11 electoral path points
 		 → 5 documented challengers:
 		 Peggy Askin  f 
F. Paul Fromm  m 
Larry R. Heather  m  (2 runoffs)
David Khan  m 
George Read  m 
 
Federal
Ass.: 36		 Alberta Calgary Southeast
2 June 1997 Age:
29		 Re-elected incumbent
General ✓ 1/5 REF 55.02% 24,602 of 44,711 Elig.: 70,327 Parti.: 63.69%
Loser > PC 23.63% 10,567 (-14,035) Carol Kraychy  f 
  Post-Election...
27 March 2000 > ?? REF → CA Changed allegiance
ID: 2849(F) — 30 Jun 2023 22:30 ET Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Federal
Ass.: 37		 Alberta Calgary Southeast
27 November 2000 Age:
32		 Re-elected incumbent
General ✓ 1/5 CA 63.25% 34,492 of 54,533 Elig.: 85,536 Parti.: 63.89%
Loser > PC 20.82% 11,353 (-23,139) Ray Clark  m 
  Post-Election...
23 December 2003 > ?? CA → CPC Changed allegiance
ID: 2542(F) — 30 Jun 2023 19:58 ET Service: 3 years 7 months (Oppo.)
Federal
Ass.: 38		 Alberta Calgary Southeast
28 June 2004 Age:
36		 Re-elected incumbent
General ✓ 1/4 CPC 71.00% 36,843 of 51,892 Elig.: 81,621 Parti.: 63.72%
Loser > LIB 16.36% 8,488 (-28,355) James N. Tanner  m 
ID: 960(F) — 17 Oct 2021 22:08 ET Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Federal
Ass.: 39		 Alberta Calgary Southeast
23 January 2006 Age:
37		 Re-elected incumbent
General ✓ 1/4 CPC 75.18% 44,987 of 59,840 Elig.: 89,391 Parti.: 67.08%
Loser > LIB 10.35% 6,193 (-38,794) James Ludwar  m 
ID: 894(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Gov't)
Federal
Ass.: 40		 Alberta Calgary Southeast
14 October 2008 Age:
40		 Re-elected incumbent
General ✓ 1/4 CPC 73.89% 41,425 of 56,063 Elig.: 98,343 Parti.: 57.15%
Loser > GRN 10.23% 5,736 (-35,689) Margaret Chandler  f 
ID: 5692(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Federal
Ass.: 41		 Alberta Calgary Southeast
2 May 2011 Age:
42		 Re-elected incumbent
General ✓ 1/6 CPC 76.26% 48,173 of 63,172 Elig.: 106,439 Parti.: 59.47%
Loser > NDP 10.26% 6,482 (-41,691) Kirk Oates  m 
ID: 6232(F) — 4 Sep 2022 11:37 ET Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Federal
Ass.: 42		 Alberta Calgary Midnapore
19 October 2015 Age:
47		 Re-elected incumbent
General ✓ 1/5 CPC 66.73% 42,415 of 63,562 Elig.: 87,848 Parti.: 72.56%
Loser > LIB 22.65% 14,396 (-28,019) Haley Brown  f 
  Post-Election...
26 August 2016 > ?? CPC → Vac. Resigned: Successfully ran provincially
ID: 7316(F) — 2 Feb 2022 16:27 ET Service: 0 year 10 months 7 days (Oppo.) Exit from legislature →
Federal
Ass.: 42		 Alberta Calgary Midnapore
3 April 2017 Age:
48		 Incumbent did not run in this election Exit from legislature →
By-Election  
Successor > CPC 77.25% 22,454 of 29,068 Stephanie Kusie  f  ( 44 )
ID: 10787(F) — 28 Mar 2022 16:06 ET
Provincial
Ass.: 29		 Alberta Calgary-Lougheed
14 December 2017 Age:
49		 → New to this legislature
By-Election ✓ 1/7 UCP 71.51% 7,760 of 10,852 Elig.: 31,067 Parti.: 35.34%
Loser > NDP 16.79% 1,822 (-5,938) Phillip Van der Merwe  m 
ID: 12541(F) — 29 Oct 2022 19:14 ET Service: 1 year 5 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Provincial
Ass.: 30		 Alberta Calgary-Lougheed
16 April 2019 Age:
50		 Re-elected incumbent
General ✓ 1/6 UCP 65.70% 11,633 of 17,707 Elig.: 26,235 Parti.: 68.04%
Loser > NDP 24.48% 4,334 (-7,299) Julia Bietz  f 
  Post-Election...
30 November 2022 > ?? UCP → Vac. Resigned: Left politics
ID: 26672(F) — 4 Dec 2022 21:31 ET Service: 3 years 7 months 14 days (Gov't) Exit from legislature →
Provincial
Ass.: 31		 Alberta Calgary-Lougheed
29 May 2023 Age:
54		 Incumbent did not run in this election Exit from legislature →
General  
Successor > UCP 56.45% 9,690 of 17,167 Eric Bouchard  m 
ID: 38937(F) — 9 Jun 2023 07:56 ET
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EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta: The Honourable Jason Kenney, PC, ECA 11 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo): The Hon. Jason Kenney, P.C., M.P. 11 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo): L'hon. Jason Kenney, C.P., député 11 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia: Jason Kenney 11 Feb 2024
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Gen.: 18 Apr 2024 @ 16:46 ET