Jackie Lovely
Jackie Lovely | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Camrose | |
| Assumed office April 16, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Riding Established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964 or 1965 (age 59–60)[1] |
| Political party | United Conservative Party |
| Other political affiliations | Wildrose (2012–17) |
Jackie Lovely (born 1964/1965) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Camrose in the 30th Alberta Legislature. She is a member of the United Conservative Party.[2]
Before Politics
[edit]Before serving with the Legislative Assembly, Ms. Lovely was employed with the Good Samaritan Society, a charitable organization providing care services and programs to aging populations. Previously, she spent over 20 years with a family-owned property management and real estate company and more than 15 years as a project coordinator for a global energy distributor. She was an English as a second language instructor and a member and vice president of the Camrose and Leduc chambers of commerce. She is also a Rotarian.[3]
Ms. Lovely holds an MBA from Cape Breton University, a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Saskatchewan, and a diploma in hotel and restaurant administration from Saskatchewan Polytechnic.[4]
Political career
[edit]Before being elected to represent Camrose in the 2019 Alberta General Election, as a member of the United Conservative party, she ran unsuccessfully in 2012 and 2015 in the riding of Edmonton-Ellerslie, as the candidate for the Wildrose Party.[5]
In April 2021, she proposed Bill 216, the Fire Prevention and Fire Services Recognition Act, aimed at creating a “Fire Services Recognition Day” within Fire Prevention Week.[6]
On November 23, 2021, Lovely was appointed the Parliamentary Secretary for Status of Women, a position which she held until October 23, 2022.[3]
Lovely tabled Bill 205, the Official Sport of Alberta Act. “The sport commonly known as rodeo, including chuckwagon races, is hereby recognized and declared as the official sport of Alberta,” the bill reads, following its introduction in the legislature in December 2022, which as of March 29, 2023, is yet to pass. Calgary-North MLA Muhammad Yaseen introduced a similar private member’s bill in December 2020 and a committee report recommended it proceed onto next steps to become law.[7]
Jackie Lovely was re-elected at the 2023 Alberta general election with a reduced majority.[8]
Essay contest controversy
[edit]Lovely and UCP MLA for Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk were judges for the Her Vision Inspires contest.[9] The contest was announced in February 2022 and was a partnership between the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Canadian Region. Young women between the ages of 17 and 25 were asked to describe their "unique vision for Alberta" and what they would do if they were elected to be an MLA.[9]
On August 8, 2022, NDP MLA Janis Irwin saw that a third-place essay, attributed to someone called S. Silver, called immigration "a sickly mentality that amounts to a drive for cultural suicide," that women are “not exactly” equal to men, and that it was "misguided" and "harmful" to let women have careers traditionally dominated by men.[10] The essay also proposed financial incentives to boost birth rates, and awarding medals to women with more than two children. The writer was awarded $200.[9][11]
Lovely confirmed to CBC News that she and Armstrong-Homeniuk were part of the judging panel, and apologized for her role in the essay contest. Neither her or Armstrong-Homeniuk explained how the essay was chosen.[9] She confirmed her role in the contest one day after she won her nomination for the Camrose riding ahead of the 2023 Alberta general election.
Electoral history
[edit]2012 general election
[edit]| 2012 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Ellerslie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Naresh Bhardwaj | 5,677 | 42.97% | 1.06% | ||||
| Wildrose Alliance | Jackie Lovely | 3,258 | 24.66% | 20.35% | ||||
| New Democratic | Rod Loyola | 2,114 | 16.00% | -1.30% | ||||
| Liberal | Jennifer Ketsa | 1,504 | 11.38% | -21.47% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Chinwe Okelu | 523 | 3.96% | – | ||||
| Independent | Athena Bernal-Born | 137 | 1.04% | – | ||||
| Total | 13,213 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 115 | 39 | 3 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 26,721 | 49.89% | 11.91% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 4.63% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "33 - Edmonton-Ellerslie, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021. | ||||||||
2015 general election
[edit]| 2015 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Ellerslie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Rod Loyola | 11,034 | 61.57% | 45.57% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harman Kandola | 3,549 | 19.80% | -23.16% | ||||
| Wildrose | Jackie Lovely | 2,499 | 13.94% | -10.72% | ||||
| Liberal | Mike McGowan | 839 | 4.68% | -6.70% | ||||
| Total | 17,921 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 65 | 44 | 18 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 34,266 | 52.54% | 2.65% | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | 34.37% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "33 - Edmonton-Ellerslie, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. | ||||||||
2019 general election
[edit]| 2019 Alberta general election: Camrose | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Jackie Lovely | 15,587 | 65.28% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Morgan Bamford | 4,387 | 18.37% | – | ||||
| Alberta Party | Kevin Smook | 3,059 | 12.81% | – | ||||
| Freedom Conservative | Wes Caldwell | 387 | 1.62% | – | ||||
| Alberta Advantage | Sandra Kim | 173 | 0.72% | – | ||||
| Alberta Independence | Don Dubitz | 158 | 0.66% | – | ||||
| Independent | Bonnie Tanton | 126 | 0.53% | – | ||||
| Total | 23,877 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 122 | 73 | 11 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 32,195 | 74.58% | – | |||||
| United Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "53 - Camrose, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2023 general election
[edit]| 2023 Alberta general election: Camrose | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Jackie Lovely | 13,032 | 63.40 | -1.88 | ||||
| New Democratic | Richard Bruneau | 5,579 | 27.14 | +8.77 | ||||
| Independent | Bob Blayone | 1,740 | 8.46 | – | ||||
| Wildrose Loyalty Coalition | Pamela Henson | 205 | 1.00 | – | ||||
| Total | 20,556 | 99.54 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 96 | 0.46 | ||||||
| Turnout | 20,652 | 61.58 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 33,537 | |||||||
| United Conservative hold | Swing | -5.33 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[12] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Edmonton-Ellerslie Gerein, Keith. Edmonton Journal; Edmonton, Alta. [Edmonton, Alta]02 Apr 2012: A.5.
- ^ Dylan Short Updated: April 15, 2019. "Riding profile: Camrose". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Member Information". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ ucpcaucus_mla (2019-10-02). "Jackie Lovely". United Conservative Caucus. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ "Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ "Alberta Bill 216, Fire Prevention and Fire Services Recognition Act" (PDF). assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ "Alberta will try to name rodeo its official sport for 2nd time | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ "Alberta election 2023 results: Camrose | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ a b c d Bellefontaine, Michelle (August 11, 2022). "Camrose MLA says she was only other member on controversial essay judging panel". CBC News.
- ^ Johnson, Lisa (August 9, 2022). "Prize-winning sexist, racist essay 'should not have been chosen': Alberta associate minister". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ "Her Vision Inspires Essay Contest". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original on July 31, 2022.
- ^ "53 - Camrose". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 9, 2023.