Heather Forsyth

Heather Forsyth


Leader of the Official Opposition
In office December 23, 2014 – June 1, 2015
Preceded by	Danielle Smith
Succeeded by	Brian Jean
Leader of the Wildrose Party (interim)
In office December 22, 2014 – March 28, 2015
Preceded by	Danielle Smith
Succeeded by	Brian Jean
Minister of Children's Services in the Alberta government
In office November 25, 2004 – December 15, 2006
Preceded by	Iris Evans
Succeeded by	Janis Tarchuk
Solicitor General and Minister of Public Security in the Alberta government
In office March 16, 2001 – November 25, 2004
Preceded by	Vacant
Succeeded by	Harvey Cenaiko
MLA for Calgary-Fish Creek
In office June 15, 1993 – May 5, 2015
Preceded by	William Edward Payne
Succeeded by	Richard Gotfried
Personal details
Born	Heather Mae Forsyth^[1] (1950-08-01) August 1, 1950 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Political party	Wildrose (2010-present) PC Party (1993-2010)
Spouse(s)	Gordon
Residence	Calgary, Alberta
Occupation	sales and marketing manager
Website	heatherforsyth.com

Heather Mae Forsyth (born August 1, 1950) is a Canadian politician. She was named interim leader of the Wildrose Party on December 22, 2014, following the defection of the previous leader, Danielle Smith, and eight other MLAs.^[2] Forsyth is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Calgary-Fish Creek as a Wildrose Alliance representative. She was a Progressive Conservative until she crossed the floor on January 4, 2010. In the Alberta general election, 2012, Forsyth was reelected along with 16 other Wildrose MLAs to form the Official Opposition. Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith appointed Forsyth as Health Critic.^[3]

Election results

Alberta general election, 1993: Calgary-Fish Creek
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Heather Forsyth	7,855	54.65%	6.68%
	Liberal	Marie Cameron	5,346	37.20%	-0.63%
	New Democratic	Kerin Spaargaren	558	3.88%	-10.32%
	Independent	Roy Carey	544	3.78%
	Natural Law	Darlene Holt	70	0.49%
Total			14,373
Rejected, spoiled and declined			18
Eligible electors / Turnout			22,447	64.11%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		3.66%
Source: "Calgary-Fish Creek results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010.

Alberta general election, 1997: Calgary-Fish Creek
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Heather Forsyth	8,274	66.62%	11.97%
	Liberal	Marie Cameron	3,020	24.32%	-12.88%
	Social Credit	Jeff Willerton	778	6.26%
	New Democratic	Muriel Turner-Wilkinson	348	2.80%	-1.08%
Total			12,420
Rejected, spoiled and declined			27
Eligible electors / Turnout			22,697	54.84%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		12.43%
Source: "Calgary-Fish Creek results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010.

Alberta general election, 2001: Calgary-Fish Creek
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Heather Forsyth	9,716	74.54%	7.92%
	Liberal	Marc Doll	2,853	21.89%	-2.43
	New Democratic	Ryan Todd	465	3.57%	0.77%
Total			13,034
Rejected, spoiled and declined			42
Eligible electors / Turnout			22,554	58.01%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		5.18%
Source "Calgary-Fish Creek Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010.

Alberta general election, 2004: Calgary-Fish Creek
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Heather Forsyth	6,829	57.83%	−16.71%
	Liberal	Tore Badenduck	2,845	24.09%	2.20%
	New Democratic	Eric Leavitt	793	6.72%	3.15%
	Alberta Alliance	Mike Kuipers	781	6.61%
	Green	Chris Sealy	561	4.75%
Total			11,809
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			52
Eligible electors / Turnout			26,174	45.32%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−9.46%
Source: "Calgary-Fish Creek Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 28, 2010.

Alberta general election, 2008: Calgary-Fish Creek
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Heather Forsyth	6,884	52.30%	−5.53%
	Liberal	Laura Shutiak	4,038	30.68%	6.59%
	Wildrose Alliance	Jamie Buchan	1,261	9.58%	2.97%
	Green	Kerry Fraser	556	4.22%	−0.53%
	New Democratic	Eric Leavitt	423	3.22%	−3.50%
Total			13,162
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			41
Eligible electors / Turnout			31,180	42.35%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−6.06%
Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 202–205.

Alberta general election, 2012: Calgary-Fish Creek
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Wildrose	Heather Forsyth	7,672	43.94	+34.36
	Progressive Conservative	Wendelin Fraser	7,634	43.72	−8.58
	Liberal	Nazir Rahemtulla	1,260	7.22	−23.46
	New Democratic	Eric Leavitt	894	5.12	+1.91
	Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+21.47

Wildrose Party

Leaders	Thorsteinson Maroes (interim) Hinman Smith Forsyth (interim) Jean

Banners	Alberta Alliance Party (2002–08) Wildrose Party of Alberta (2007) Wildrose Alliance (2008–10) Wildrose (2011–present)

Leadership elections	2003 2005 2009 2015

Election candidates	2004 2008 2012

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