Ken Lemke
| Ken Lemke | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly for Stony Plain | |
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In office April 23, 2012 – 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Fred Lindsay |
| Succeeded by | Erin Babcock |
| Mayor of Stony Plain | |
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In office 2007 – February 22, 2012[1] | |
| Preceded by | Donna Cowan |
| Succeeded by | William Choy |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
c. 1951 (age 64–65)[2][3] Ohaton, Alberta[4] |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Website | Official website |
Ken Lemke (born c. 1951) is a politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as mayor of Stony Plain from 2007 to 2012. Lemke then went into provincial politics, and represented Stony Plain from 2012 to 2015, as a Progressive Conservative.
Political career
Lemke successfully ran for town councillor in 1995. He held this position for four terms, until deciding to take a run for mayor.[5] Lemke was elected mayor of the Town of Stony Plain in 2007,[6] and was acclaimed in 2010.[7]
In November 2011, with Stony Plain MLA Fred Lindsay retiring, Lemke ran for the Progressive Conservative (PC) nomination.[8] In the 2012 election, he won the Stony Plain riding, and successfully made his way into provincial politics.[9][10] He held the seat until the 2015 election, when he was defeated by New Democrat Erin Babcock.[11][12]
| Alberta general election, 2012: Stony Plain | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ken Lemke | 7,010 | 45.83% | −17.55% | ||||
| Wildrose | Hal Tagg | 5,675 | 37.10% | +31.16% | ||||
| New Democratic | Linda Robinson | 1,224 | 8.00% | +0.69% | ||||
| Liberal | Arlin Biffert | 1,042 | 6.81% | −12.29% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Kurtis Ewanchuk | 207 | 1.35% | |||||
| Evergreen | Matt Burnett | 138 | 0.90% | −3.37% | ||||
| Total | 16,460 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | ||||||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 27,243 | 60.42% | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 18.30% | ||||||
References
- ↑ "By-election in Stony Plain set for May 1". Town of Stony Plain. February 28, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
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- ↑ "Ken Lemke resigns as mayor of the Town of Stony Plain". Town of Stony Plain. February 22, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
- ↑ "Mayors re-elected in Strathcona County, Fort McMurray". CBC News. October 16, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- ↑ "St. Albert mayor repeats". Edmonton Sun. October 18, 2010. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Lemke receives PC nod in Stony Plain". Spruce Grover Examiner. November 24, 2011. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Former mayor Ken Lemke wins Stony Plain for Tories". Edmonton Journal. April 23, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Moving on up: Ken Lemke wins MLA seat in Stony Plain riding". Stony Plain Reporter. April 26, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Spruce Grove, Stony Plain vote NDP". Spruce Grove Examiner. May 6, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Riding results: Stony Plain". Edmonton Journal. May 6, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2016.