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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada
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1 August 1950(Saskatoon)
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Biography
Introduction
Heather Mae Forsyth (born August 1, 1950) is a Canadian politician. She was named interim leader of the Wildrose Party on December 22, 2014, following the defection of the previous leader, Danielle Smith, and eight other MLAs. Forsyth is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Calgary-Fish Creek as a Wildrose Alliance representative. She was a Progressive Conservative until she crossed the floor on January 4, 2010. In the Alberta general election, 2012, Forsyth was reelected along with 16 other Wildrose MLAs to form the Official Opposition. Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith appointed Forsyth as Health Critic.
Election results
| Alberta general election, 1993: Calgary-Fish Creek | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Heather Forsyth | 7,855 | 54.65% | 6.68% | ||||
| Liberal | Marie Cameron | 5,346 | 37.20% | -0.63% | ||||
| New Democratic | Kerin Spaargaren | 558 | 3.88% | -10.32% | ||||
| Independent | Roy Carey | 544 | 3.78% | |||||
| Natural Law | Darlene Holt | 70 | 0.49% | |||||
| Total | 14,373 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 18 | |||||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 22,447 | 64.11% | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 3.66% | ||||||
| Source: "Calgary-Fish Creek results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010. | ||||||||
| Alberta general election, 1997: Calgary-Fish Creek | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Heather Forsyth | 8,274 | 66.62% | 11.97% | ||||
| Liberal | Marie Cameron | 3,020 | 24.32% | -12.88% | ||||
| Social Credit | Jeff Willerton | 778 | 6.26% | |||||
| New Democratic | Muriel Turner-Wilkinson | 348 | 2.80% | -1.08% | ||||
| Total | 12,420 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 27 | |||||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 22,697 | 54.84% | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 12.43% | ||||||
| Source: "Calgary-Fish Creek results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010. | ||||||||
| Alberta general election, 2001: Calgary-Fish Creek | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Heather Forsyth | 9,716 | 74.54% | 7.92% | ||||
| Liberal | Marc Doll | 2,853 | 21.89% | -2.43 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ryan Todd | 465 | 3.57% | 0.77% | ||||
| Total | 13,034 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 42 | |||||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 22,554 | 58.01% | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 5.18% | ||||||
| Source "Calgary-Fish Creek Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010. | ||||||||
| Alberta general election, 2004: Calgary-Fish Creek | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Heather Forsyth | 6,829 | 57.83% | −16.71% | ||||
| Liberal | Tore Badenduck | 2,845 | 24.09% | 2.20% | ||||
| New Democratic | Eric Leavitt | 793 | 6.72% | 3.15% | ||||
| Alberta Alliance | Mike Kuipers | 781 | 6.61% | |||||
| Green | Chris Sealy | 561 | 4.75% | |||||
| Total | 11,809 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 52 | |||||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 26,174 | 45.32% | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −9.46% | ||||||
| Source: "Calgary-Fish Creek Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 28, 2010. | ||||||||
| Alberta general election, 2008: Calgary-Fish Creek | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Heather Forsyth | 6,884 | 52.30% | −5.53% | ||||
| Liberal | Laura Shutiak | 4,038 | 30.68% | 6.59% | ||||
| Wildrose Alliance | Jamie Buchan | 1,261 | 9.58% | 2.97% | ||||
| Green | Kerry Fraser | 556 | 4.22% | −0.53% | ||||
| New Democratic | Eric Leavitt | 423 | 3.22% | −3.50% | ||||
| Total | 13,162 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 41 | |||||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 31,180 | 42.35% | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −6.06% | ||||||
| Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 202–205. | ||||||||
| Alberta general election, 2012: Calgary-Fish Creek | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Wildrose | Heather Forsyth | 7,672 | 43.94 | +34.36 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wendelin Fraser | 7,634 | 43.72 | −8.58 | ||||
| Liberal | Nazir Rahemtulla | 1,260 | 7.22 | −23.46 | ||||
| New Democratic | Eric Leavitt | 894 | 5.12 | +1.91 | ||||
| Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +21.47 | ||||||