Frederick Lindsay ECA (born March 12, 1946) is a politician and was a provincial Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Alberta, Canada.

The Honourable
Fred Lindsay
MLA for Stony Plain
In office
2004–2012
Preceded byStan Woloshyn
Personal details
Born (1946-03-12) March 12, 1946 (age 78)[1][2]
Political partyProgressive Conservative

Political involvement

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Lindsay has been a longtime Progressive Conservative, having served on the Stony Plain board of directors for the last 25 years. He sought election after longtime member Stan Woloshyn retired from the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in 2004.

Lindsay was elected to his first term as the Progressive Conservative member for Stony Plain provincial electoral district in the 2004 Alberta general election. He was re-elected to a second term in the 2008 election.

On December 14, 2006, Lindsay was appointed to the cabinet as Solicitor General and Minister of Public Security, when Ed Stelmach became Premier. He served in the job until January 13, 2010.[3]

Electoral record

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2004 Alberta general election

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2004 Alberta general election: Stony Plain
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Fred Lindsay 5,581 44.51% -22.69%
Liberal Bill Fraser 3,381 26.97% 3.38%
Alberta Alliance Marilyn Burns 1,904 15.19%
New Democratic Ruth Yanor 1,362 10.86% 1.65%
Social Credit Henry Neumann 310 2.47%
Total 12,538
Rejected, spoiled and declined 44
Eligible electors / turnout 26,086 48.23% -9.71%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -13.03%
Source(s)
Source: "Stony Plain Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

References

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  1. ^ "The Stelmach cabinet". Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
  2. ^ "Legislative records" (PDF). www.assembly.ab.ca.
  3. ^ "Stelmach makes major changes to Alberta cabinet". National Post. Archived from the original on 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
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Alberta provincial government of Ed Stelmach
Cabinet posts (2)
Predecessor Office Successor
Harvey Cenaiko Minister of Public Security
2006–2010
Frank Oberle
Harvey Cenaiko Solicitor General
2006–2010
Frank Oberle
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Preceded by MLA Stony Plain
2004-2012
Succeeded by
TBD