Tracy Allard | |
|---|---|
| Alberta Minister of Municipal Affairs | |
| In office August 25, 2020 – January 4, 2021 | |
| Premier | Jason Kenney |
| Preceded by | Kaycee Madu |
| Succeeded by | Ric McIver |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Grande Prairie | |
| Assumed office April 16, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Riding Re-Established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1970/1971 (age 50–51)[1] |
| Political party | United Conservative Party |
| Residence(s) | Grande Prairie, Alberta |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia (BComm) |
Tracy Allard MLA (born 1971) is a Canadian politician who has represented Grande Prairie in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta since 2019. A member of the United Conservative Party (UCP), she served as minister of municipal affairs from August 2020 to January 2021.
Tracy Allard attended the University of British Columbia completing a Bachelor of Commerce and a certificate in disability management. She and her husband Serge own and operate two Tim Hortons franchises, located in Grande Prairie, Alberta.[2]
Allard was selected as the United Conservative candidate in Grande Prairie. She won the seat 2019 Alberta general election,[3] with the UCP also forming government.
In November 2019, Allard was appointed as chairwoman of the Northern Alberta Development Council.[4]
In March 2020, Allard was one of seven people named to a panel of Joint Working Group on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls which will work on recommendations for Alberta's action plan regarding the issue.[5]
Allard was appointed as Minister of Municipal Affairs on August 25, 2020, and the former Minister Kaycee Madu was appointed Minister of Justice and Solicitor General.[6]
On October 21, 2020, Allard tested positive for COVID-19.[7]
In December 2020, Allard took a family vacation to Hawaii despite federal and provincial government advice to avoid non-essential travel and the border between Canada and the United States being closed.[8] Premier Jason Kenney originally defended Allard stating that such travel was important to protect the travel industry, including Calgary-based Westjet.[9] On January 4, 2021, Allard resigned as Minister of Municipal Affairs over the matter.[10]
In September 2021, Allard sent a newsletter to her constituents that encouraged the government to support "natural immunity" which was criticized by the opposition Alberta New Democratic Party.[11]
| 2019 Alberta general election: Grande Prairie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Tracy Allard | 12,713 | 63.02% | 8.21% | ||||
| New Democratic | Todd Russell | 4,361 | 21.62% | -12.62% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Grant Berg | 2,516 | 12.47% | 4.14% | ||||
| Freedom Conservative | Bernard Hancock | 392 | 1.94% | – | ||||
| Alberta Independence | Ray Robertson | 126 | 0.62% | – | ||||
| Independent | Rony Rajput | 66 | 0.33% | – | ||||
| Total | 20,174 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 217 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 31,775 | 64.17% | – | |||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | +10.03% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "63 - Grande Prairie, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
