Introduction
Tracy Allard (born 1971) is a Canadian politician who is currently serving as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, serving in that role since 2019, and Minister of Municipal Affairs since being appointed in August 2020. Allard was first elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Grande Prairie in the 30th Alberta Legislature.
Early life
Tracy Allard attended the University of British Columbia completing a Bachelor of Commerce and a certificate in disability management. She and her husband Serge own and operate two Tim Horton's franchises, located in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
Political career
Allard was selected as the United Conservative candidate in Grande Prairie. She was one of the many new MLAs elected in the 2019 Alberta general election, in the UCP victory led by Jason Kenney.
In November 2019, Allard was appointed as chairwoman of the Northern Alberta Development Council.
In March 2020, Allard was one of seven people named to a panel of Joint Working Group on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls which will work on recommendations for Alberta's action plan regarding the issue.
Allard was appointed as Minister of Municipal Affairs on August 25, 2020, and the former Minister Kaycee Madu was appointed Minister of Justice and Solicitor General.
On October 21, 2020, Allard tested positive for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta. In December 2020, Allard took a family vacation to Hawaii despite federal and provincial government advice to avoid non-essential travel.
Electoral history
| 2019 Alberta general election: Grande Prairie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Tracy Allard | 12,713 | 63.02% | 8.21% | ||||
| New Democratic | Todd Russell | 4,361 | 21.62% | -12.62% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Grant Berg | 2,516 | 12.47% | 4.14% | ||||
| Freedom Conservative | Bernard Hancock | 392 | 1.94% | – | ||||
| Alberta Independence | Ray Robertson | 126 | 0.62% | – | ||||
| Independent | Rony Rajput | 66 | 0.33% | – | ||||
| Total | 20,174 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 217 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 31,775 | 64.17% | – | |||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | +10.03% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "63 - Grande Prairie, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||