Gordon Kirkby
Gordan Kirkby | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Prince Albert—Churchill River | |
| In office 26 October 1993 – 1 June 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Ray Funk |
| Succeeded by | Derrek Konrad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 November 1958 Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Gordon Kirkby (born 26 September 1958)[1] was a member of the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Prince Albert—Churchill River from 1993 to 1997.
History
[edit]Kirkby was first elected to Prince Albert City Council as an alderman in October 1985. Kirkby was mayor of his home town Prince Albert from 1988 until 1993, when he won the riding of Prince Albert—Churchill River in the 1993 federal election as a member of the Liberal party. He was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada from 23 February 1996 to 1 June 1997. Kirkby lost to Reform party candidate Derrek Konrad in the 1997 election, finishing third in the riding, which had been restructured as Prince Albert.
After he left Canadian politics, Kirkby moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba and began a consulting career. He made an unsuccessful bid to become Winnipeg's mayor in the 2004 by-election.[2]
Gordon Kirkby moved back to Prince Albert in June 2005 and started up his own law firm. Kirkby took on a partner later on in Philip Fourie, making their law firm Kirkby Fourie Law.[citation needed]
In the 2015 Canadian federal election, Kirkby attempted a federal political comeback in the riding of Prince Albert, which was unsuccessful. Running against Conservative incumbent Randy Hoback, Kirkby placed third.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]Kirkby is married to author Mary-Ann Kirkby.[3]
Electoral record
[edit]| 2015 Canadian federal election: Prince Albert | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Randy Hoback | 19,673 | 49.79 | -12.63 | $150,007.16 | |||
| New Democratic | Lon Borgerson | 11,244 | 28.46 | -3.03 | $73,259.98 | |||
| Liberal | Gordon Kirkby | 7,832 | 19.82 | +16.38 | $10,644.06 | |||
| Green | Byron Tenkink | 761 | 1.93 | -0.29 | $422.40 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 39,510 | 100.0 | $210,065.49 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 103 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 39,613 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 55,873 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
| 1997 Canadian federal election: Prince Albert | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Reform | Derrek Konrad | 12,508 | 38.1 | – | $55,562 | |||
| New Democratic | Ray Funk | 10,418 | 31.7 | – | $59,376 | |||
| Liberal | Gordon Kirkby | 6,965 | 21.2 | – | $37,643 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Fripp | 2,702 | 8.2 | – | $13,911 | |||
| Canadian Action | John Hrapchak | 275 | 0.8 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 32,868 | 100.0 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 107 | 0.3 | ||||||
| Turnout | 32,975 | 64.5 | ||||||
| 1993 Canadian federal election: Prince Albert—Churchill River | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Gordon Kirkby | 11,589 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Ray Funk | 9,031 | ||||||
| Reform | J. Paul Meagher | 5,694 | ||||||
| Independent | Rick V. Laliberte | 1,499 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Joyce Middlebrook | 1,412 | ||||||
| National | Brian Baker | 442 | ||||||
| Canada Party | Donald Kavanagh | 125 | ||||||
| Independent | Richard Arthur Potratz | 79 | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Listed birthdate is from the Parliament of Canada record, but one source claimed this was 16 September 1958 - see CBC Newsworld: Prince Albert riding profile Archived 17 November 2004 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 31 July 2006
- ^ New Winnipeg: Winnipeg 2004 election, accessed 31 July 2006 Archived 10 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Donnelly, Pat (16 August 2008). "A Saskatchewan Star: Mary-Ann Kirkby, author of I Am Hutterite". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Prince Albert, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
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