Canadian politician
David Khan (born May 17, 1974) is a Canadian politician who led the Alberta Liberal Party from 2017 to 2020. Prior to running for leader, he served as the party's executive vice-president.[2] He was elected leader on June 4, 2017.[1][3]
Political positions
Khan does not support co-operation with the Alberta Party, but does support forging closer ties with the Liberal Party of Canada.[4] His leadership platform included a basic income pilot project, elimination of the small business tax, proportional representation for the Legislature, more free votes for MLAs, bringing private schools into the public system, and establishing universal pharmacare for those under 24.[5][6]
Personal life
Born in Calgary,[7] Khan's father was an immigrant to Canada from Pakistan while his mother is English.[8] Professionally, Khan is a lawyer who practices indigenous law and is fluently bilingual in both English and French. He is the first openly gay leader of a major Alberta political party.[9][10]
Election results
He was previously the party's 2014 by-election candidate in Calgary-West and 2015 provincial election candidate in Calgary-Buffalo, finishing third both times.[11] Khan was also the Liberal candidate in the December 14, 2017 by-election in Calgary-Lougheed. He again placed third, behind United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney and the NDP candidate.[12] Under his leadership, the Alberta Liberal Party experienced its worst results in history in the 2019 provincial election.
2019 general election
2017 by-election
- ^ Swing is calculated from the sum of Progressive Conservative and Wildrose vote shares.
2015 general election
2014 by-election
References
- ^ a b "David Khan chosen leader of the Alberta Liberal Party". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ "Calgary lawyer David Khan wants to lead Alberta's Liberal Party". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ "Calgary-based lawyer David Khan named leader of Alberta Liberals". Global News. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ "David Khan". Archived from the original on 2017-05-25. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ "Policy Proposals". David Khan. Archived from the original on 2017-08-05. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ Alberta Liberal Leader David Khan and Liberal MLA David Swann issue Thanksgiving Day StatementArchived 24 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Alberta Liberal Party". Archived from the original on 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
- ^ "Our Team". Alberta Liberal. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ Kayne, Evan (March 2017). "In our Community: David Khan, Alberta Liberal party leadership candidate". Gay Calgary Magazine. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
- ^ 'You're not doing stuff alone': Edmonton Pride parade brings together LGBTQ community, allies
- ^ "David Khan selected as leader of the Alberta Liberal Party". CTV News Calgary. 2017-06-04. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ "Liberal Leader David Khan to run in Dec. 14 Calgary byelection | Globalnews.ca".
- ^ "Provincial Results. By-election December 14, 2017". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta.
- ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2018). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the December 14, 2017 By-election in Calgary-Lougheed (PDF). Edmonton: Elections Alberta. ISBNÂ 978-1-988620-06-0.
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