The Honourable
Rick Fraser
ECA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-South East
In office
April 23, 2012 – April 16, 2019
Preceded byRiding established
Succeeded byMatt Jones
Personal details
Born (1972-02-13) February 13, 1972 (age 52)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Political partyAlberta Party (2018–present)
Other political
affiliations		Progressive Conservative (until 2017)
United Conservative Party (2017)
Independent (2017–2018)
Alma materLakeland College
OccupationParamedic, former hockey player

Richard Glenn Fraser ECA (born February 13, 1972) is a Canadian politician who was an elected member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Calgary-South East.[1][2]

Elected as a Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLA in 2012, Fraser was sworn into the Redford cabinet in 2013 as Minister of Public Safety.[3]

Fraser initially joined the rest of the PC caucus in its merger with the Wildrose Party to form the United Conservative Party in 2017. He left the caucus on September 21, 2017, to sit as an Independent due to his dissatisfaction with the party's leadership contest and the emphasis put by candidates on spending cuts and austerity.[4]

Fraser registered his candidacy for the leadership of the Alberta Party on December 30, 2017. He officially announced his candidacy on January 9, 2018,[5] and also joined the Alberta Party caucus.[6]

Electoral history

2019 general election

2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Matt Jones 12,860 61.21% -0.48%
New Democratic Heather Eddy 3,983 18.96% -12.23%
Alberta Party Rick Fraser 3,810 18.13% –
Liberal Leila Keith 224 1.07% -4.46%
Alberta Independence Richard Fontaine 134 0.64% –
Total 21,011 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 47 66 5
Eligible electors / turnout 29,578 71.21% 20.63%
United Conservative gain from Alberta Party Swing 20.48%
Source(s)
Source: "24 - Calgary-South East, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
UCP change is based on combination of Progressive Conservative and Wildrose results from the 2015 Alberta general election.
2015 Alberta general election: Calgary-South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Rick Fraser 7,663 32.48% -16.05%
New Democratic Mirical MacDonald 7,358 31.19% 27.92%
Wildrose Brandon Lunty 6,892 29.21% -13.87%
Liberal Gladwin Gill 1,304 5.53% 0.41%
Green Jordan Mac Isaac 374 1.59% –
Total 23,591 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 103 52 15
Eligible electors / turnout 46,871 50.58% 2.72%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -2.08%
Source(s)
Source: "25 - Calgary-South East, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
2012 Alberta general election: Calgary-South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Rick Fraser 7,161 48.53% –
Wildrose Bill Jarvis 6,357 43.08% –
Liberal Brad Carroll 755 5.12% –
New Democratic Marta Warszynski 483 3.27% –
Total 14,756 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 37 38 4
Eligible electors / turnout 30,914 47.87% –
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "25 - Calgary-South East, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

References

  1. ^ Alberta Election 2012: Riding-by-riding results Archived 2012-04-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Edmonton Journal - Provincial Election Map". www.edmontonjournal.com. 2012-01-19.
  3. ^ "Alberta Cabinet swearing-in ceremony - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  4. ^ Wood, James (21 September 2017). "Rick Fraser, southeast Calgary MLA, leaves United Conservative caucus - Calgary Herald".
  5. ^ Bellefontaine, Michelle (January 8, 2018). "Calgary MLA Rick Fraser registers as Alberta Party leadership candidate". CBC News.
  6. ^ "MLA Rick Fraser joins Alberta Party, launches bid to be leader" – via The Globe and Mail.


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