Alaina Lockhart
Alaina Lockhart | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business and Tourism | |
| Assumed office September 19, 2017 | |
| Minister | Bardish Chagger |
| Preceded by | Gudie Hutchings |
| Member of Parliament for Fundy Royal | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Rob Moore |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Rick Lockhart |
| Alma mater | University of New Brunswick |
| Profession | Businesswoman |
Alaina Lockhart MP is a Canadian Liberal politician who was elected to represent the riding of Fundy Royal in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.[1] The Member of Parliament has taken on the role of Parliamentary Secretary to Small Business and Tourism, and has served as a member of the Agriculture and Agri-food, and Veterans Affairs Standing Committees.[1]
Lockhart attended the University of New Brunswick, Saint John campus, earning a bachelor's degree in business administration. She worked in human resources management, and in 2004 founded her own bridal salon business, Lockhart Weddings and Special Occasions.[2]
Her political involvement began with service as a town councilor in Norton from 2004 to 2008. She was the Liberal Party's nominee in Fundy Royal in the 2015 election, and won in a huge upset. She is only the second non-Conservative to represent Fundy Royal in its century-long history, the first being Paul Zed, who served a single term from 1993 to 1997.[3]
Electoral record
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Fundy Royal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Alaina Lockhart | 19,136 | 40.87 | +30.44 | $44,760.36 | |||
| Conservative | Rob Moore | 17,361 | 37.09 | −20.88 | $94,342.23 | |||
| New Democratic | Jennifer McKenzie | 8,204 | 17.52 | −9.34 | $48,770.66 | |||
| Green | Stephanie Coburn | 1,823 | 3.89 | −0.83 | $1,469.99 | |||
| Independent | David Raymond Amos | 296 | 0.63 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 46,820 | 100.0 | $204,844.46 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 241 | 0.51 | ||||||
| Turnout | 47,061 | 75.04 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 62,713 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +25.66 | ||||||
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References
- ^ "Liberal Alaina Lockhart elected in southern riding of Fundy Royal". CBC News. October 19, 2015. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ Meet Alaina Lockhart, Liberal.ca.
- ^ Fundy Royal flips for just second time in a century, CBC News, October 20, 2015.