Fred Lindsay
Canadian politician
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Frederick Lindsay ECA (born March 12, 1946) is a politician and was a provincial Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Alberta, Canada.
The Honourable Fred Lindsay | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Stony Plain | |
| In office 2004–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Stan Woloshyn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 12, 1946[1][2] |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
Political involvement
Lindsay has been a longtime Progressive Conservative, having served on the Stony Plain board of directors for the last 25 years. He sought election after longtime member Stan Woloshyn retired from the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in 2004.
Lindsay was elected to his first term as the Progressive Conservative member for Stony Plain provincial electoral district in the 2004 Alberta general election. He was re-elected to a second term in the 2008 election.
On December 14, 2006, Lindsay was appointed to the cabinet as Solicitor General and Minister of Public Security, when Ed Stelmach became Premier. He served in the job until January 13, 2010.[3]
Electoral record
2004 Alberta general election
| 2004 Alberta general election: Stony Plain | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Fred Lindsay | 5,581 | 44.51% | -22.69% | ||||
| Liberal | Bill Fraser | 3,381 | 26.97% | 3.38% | ||||
| Alberta Alliance | Marilyn Burns | 1,904 | 15.19% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Ruth Yanor | 1,362 | 10.86% | 1.65% | ||||
| Social Credit | Henry Neumann | 310 | 2.47% | – | ||||
| Total | 12,538 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 44 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 26,086 | 48.23% | -9.71% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -13.03% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Stony Plain Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||