Dale Nally
Canadian politician
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Dale Nally ECA MLA is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Morinville-St. Albert as a member of the United Conservative Party.[3][4]
Tanya Fir (Red Tape)
Dale Nally | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction | |
| Assumed office October 21, 2022 | |
| Premier | Danielle Smith |
| Preceded by | Nate Glubish (Service Alberta) Tanya Fir (Red Tape) |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Morinville-St. Albert | |
| Assumed office April 16, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | New district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1971 or 1972 (age 53–54)[1] |
| Party | United Conservative Party |
| Alma mater | Athabasca University[2] |
| Occupation | Politician |
Nally has decades of private sector experience managing and leading business units that generate between $50 million and $80 million in revenue.[5] He holds a master's degree in Education from Athabasca University.[6]
Political career
After the 2019 Alberta general election, Nally was sworn in as Alberta's first ever Associate Minister of Natural Gas on April 30, 2019.[7] On March 24, 2020, he was made Associate Minister of Natural Gas and Electricity.[8]
As Associate Minister of Natural Gas and Electricity, he sponsored the Utility Commodity Rebate Act, which gave $50 energy rebates to more than 1.9 million households, farms and businesses.[5] It also enabled the Alberta government to provide a natural gas rebate if regulated natural gas rates exceed $6.50 per gigajoule in the future.[9]
He also supported energy diversification, including hydrogen energy which he described as an “incredible opportunity” for the province. He worked towards the development of a roadmap for accelerating its development and aligning it with those of other provinces. Nally also supported plastic recycling within Alberta. “It’s an area where Alberta can excel,” he said, “by using its petrochemical, research and innovation sectors.”[10]
On October 24, 2022, Nally was made Minister of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction.[5]
Recall Petition
A recall petition against Nally was approved by Elections Alberta on November 14, 2025. Signature collection runs from November 25, 2025 to February 22, 2026, requiring 15,700 signatures.[11]
Volunteering
Nally's volunteer involvement includes various roles with the St. Albert Minor Hockey Association and Co-Chair for Diversity Edmonton, a volunteer organization that worked with businesses to promote the hiring of people with disabilities.[6]
Electoral history
2023 general election
| 2023 Alberta general election: Morinville-St. Albert | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Dale Nally | 13,472 | 51.78 | +1.77 | ||||
| New Democratic | Karen Shaw | 11,728 | 45.07 | +11.91 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Wayne Rufiange | 590 | 2.27 | -12.48 | ||||
| Green | Kurt Klingbeil | 230 | 0.88 | +0.15 | ||||
| Total | 26,020 | 99.44 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 146 | 0.56 | ||||||
| Turnout | 26,166 | 65.99 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 39,649 | |||||||
| United Conservative hold | Swing | -5.07 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[12] | ||||||||
2019 general election
| 2019 Alberta general election: Morinville-St. Albert | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Dale Nally | 13,435 | 50.01 | +0.38 | ||||
| New Democratic | Natalie Birnie | 8,908 | 33.16 | -15.19 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Neil Korotash | 3,963 | 14.75 | +14.10 | ||||
| Alberta Independence | Mike Van Velzen | 204 | 0.76 | – | ||||
| Green | Cass Romyn | 198 | 0.74 | – | ||||
| Alberta Advantage | Tamara Krywiak | 157 | 0.58 | – | ||||
| Total | 26,865 | 99.18 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 223 | 0.82 | ||||||
| Turnout | 27,088 | 73.02 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 37,099 | |||||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | +7.79 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "75 - Morinville-St. Albert, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 357–363. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021. | ||||||||
