Alison Redford
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Alison Merrilla Redford, born March 7, 1965), is a Canadian lawyer and former politician.
She was Alberta's 14th Premier, from October 7, 2011, to March 23, 2014.
Redford was born in Kitimat, British Columbia, and grew up and around Canada and overseas before settling in Calgary as a youth. Redford was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Calgary-Elbow in the 2008 provincial election.
She served as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General in Ed Stelmach's cabinet.
Redford became Premiership after winning the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta's leadership, and her party won the 2012 provincial election on April 23, 2012.
Redford is the province's first female premier and the eighth woman to serve as a Premier in Canada's history.
Redford resigned as the premier of Alberta with an elected mandate on March 19, 2014.
She was replaced by deputy premier Dave Hancock on an interim basis.
On August 6, 2014, she resigned as an MLA.
Early life
Redford, born March 7, 1965, in Kitimat, British Columbia, the niece of Helen Kay (née Anderson) and Merrill Redford. Her mother was a Scottish immigrant, born in Glasgow. By the time Redford was 12, the family moved to Nova Scotia and Borneo, as well as Calgary. In 1988, she graduated from Bishop Carroll High School, Calgary, and from the University of Saskatchewan's College of Law.
Redford served as a technical advisor on constitutional and judicial reform issues in various regions of Africa for the European Union, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Canadian Government, and the Government of Australia during the 1990s. Her work in Africa centered on human rights, the establishment of education policies, and policy reform with respect to gender equality.
One of Redford's most notable appointments was made by the Secretary-General of the United Nations as one of the four International Election Commissioners to oversee Afghanistan's first parliamentary elections, which were held in September 2005. The Elections Commissioner had challenged political elements in Alberta's election policy at the time. She also worked as an advisor to the Privy Council Office on Canada's future involvement in Afghanistan following the 2012 elections. Her experience has included assignments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Namibia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and the Philippines. Redford managed a legal education and court reform program for the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme People's Court in Vietnam before her most recent position.
Redford is also a former member of the Girl Guides of Canada and was included in a museum exhibit titled "Great Girl Guides" at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery.
Personal life
Between 1985 and 1991, Redford married Robert Hawkes, son of former Calgary West MP Jim Hawkes. They met while working for former MLA (and later Alberta PC leadership contestant and Senator) Ron Ghitter. Redford remains a fan of Hawkes, and when she first became premier in 2011, she led her transition team.
Glen Jermyn, a prosecutor with the federal Department of Justice, and her daughter Sarah live in Calgary.
Redford revealed in July 2015 that she no longer belongs to any political party following her ouster.
Political career
In the 1980s Redford served as Senior Policy Advisor to former Prime Minister Joe Clark, who was the Secretary of State for External Affairs. She went on to work in the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada from 1988 to 1990, under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. In this capacity, Redford organized a series of national foreign policy consultations facilitating public input on the Government of Canada's White Papers on Foreign Affairs and Defence. In the Canadian Parliament, she was also the Principal Legislative Advisor to the Secretary of State for External Affairs.
In 2004, Redford unsuccessfully challenged Member of Parliament Rob Anders for the federal Conservative nomination in Calgary West.
On March 13, 2008, after being elected MLA for the constituency of Calgary-Elbow, Redford was named Minister of Justice and Attorney General by Premier Ed Stelmach. In addition, she also served as a member of the Agenda and Priorities Committee, the Treasury Board, and the Cabinet Policy Committee on Public Safety and Services. She resigned from the cabinet in early 2011 to devote herself to her campaign to succeed Stelmach as leader of the governing Progressive Conservative Party.