The Honourable
Danielle Larivee
ECA
Larivee in May 2015
Alberta Minister of Children's Services
In office
January 19, 2017 – April 30, 2019
Preceded byLyle Oberg
Succeeded byRebecca Schulz
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Lesser Slave Lake
In office
May 5, 2015 – March 19, 2019
Preceded byPearl Calahasen
Succeeded byPat Rehn
Personal details
Born (1974-05-11) May 11, 1974 (age 49)
Political partyAlberta New Democratic Party
OccupationPublic Health Nurse

Danielle Marie Larivee ECA (born May 11, 1974) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Lesser Slave Lake. She defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA Pearl Calahasen, who had served the district since 1989 and was the longest serving incumbent.[1][2] She is a public health nurse.[3] In 2019 Larivee ran as a candidate in the Alberta election for Lesser Slave Lake and lost to Pat Rehn who belonged to the United Conservative Party (UCP).

Larivee was named to the cabinet as Minister of Municipal Affairs and the Minister in Charge of Service Alberta on October 22, 2015.[4] On January 19, 2017, Larivee was named Minister of the new Ministry of Child Services, a portfolio previously held by Irfan Sabir. Sabir was retained as the Minister for Community and Social Services. Shaye Anderson was named as the new Minister of Municipal Affairs, filling the vacancy created by Larivee's new appointment. On June 18, 2018, Alberta premier at the time Rachel Notley introduced Larivee role as the Children's Services Minister as well as the minister for the status of women [5]

Larivee subsequently lost her bid at re-election in 2019 to UCP candidate Pat Rehn. Following this, she was elected as the First Vice-President of the United Nurses of Alberta in the fall of 2019.[6]

She is the NDP candidate for Lesser Slave Lake for the NDP in the 2023 Alberta general election.[7]

Electoral history

2023 general election

2023 Alberta general election: Lesser Slave Lake
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Scott Sinclair 5,171 65.04 +7.35
New Democratic Danielle Larivee 2,636 33.15 -2.95
Solidarity Movement Bert Seatter 144 1.81 –
Total 7,951 99.36 –
Rejected and declined 51 0.64
Turnout 8,002 49.03
Eligible voters 16,322
United Conservative hold Swing +5.15
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[8]

2019 general election

2019 Alberta general election: Lesser Slave Lake
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Pat Rehn 5,873 57.59 +0.62
New Democratic Danielle Larivee 3,676 36.11 -6.83
Alberta Party Vincent Rain 381 3.74 –
Alberta Independence Suzette Powder 251 2.47 –
Total valid votes 10,181 99.43 –
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 58 0.57 –
Turnout 10,239 63.38 –
Eligible electors 16,164 –
United Conservative notional hold Swing +3.72
Source(s)
Source: "70 - Lesser Slave Lake 2019 General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 3, 2020.

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election: Lesser Slave Lake
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Danielle Larivee 3,915 43.23% +37.32%
Wildrose Darryl Boisson 3,198 35.31% -4.11%
Progressive Conservative Pearl Calahasen 1,944 21.46% -27.25%
Total valid votes 9,057 100.00%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 50
Eligible voters / turnout 20,277 44.91% +6.07%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +32.29%
Source(s)
"2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-30.

References

  1. ^ "Alberta Election: 5 election night surprises". cbc.ca. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  2. ^ Staff (5 May 2015). "Live Alberta election results 2015: Real-time results in the provincial election". Global News. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  3. ^ "New kids on the block: Alberta's NDP government a diverse bunch". Chronicle Journal. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Premier Notley adds new minister, new department in cabinet change". www.calgaryherald.com. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  5. ^ "Aberhart, Hon. William, (30 Dec. 1878–22 May 1943), Premier of Alberta since 1935; Minister of Education and Attorney General for the Province", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 2007-12-01, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u221698
  6. ^ "United Nurses of Alberta News Bulletin Winter 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  7. ^ Climenhaga, David J. (2022-02-04). "Danielle Larivee, former NDP cabinet minister, returning to politics". rabble.ca. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  8. ^ "70 - Lesser Slave Lake". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 10, 2023.


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