The Honourable Kathleen Ganley | |
|---|---|
 Ganley in June 2024 | |
| Minister of Justice and Solicitor General of Alberta | |
| In office May 24, 2015 – April 30, 2019 | |
| Premier | Rachel Notley |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Denis |
| Succeeded by | Doug Schweitzer |
| Member of theLegislative Assembly of Alberta forCalgary-Mountain View | |
| Assumed office April 16, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | David Swann |
| Member of theLegislative Assembly of Alberta forCalgary-Buffalo | |
| In office May 5, 2015 – April 16, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Kent Hehr |
| Succeeded by | Joe Ceci |
| Minister of Aboriginal Affairs | |
| In office May 24, 2015 – February 2, 2016 | |
| Premier | Rachel Notley |
| Preceded by | Jim Prentice |
| Succeeded by | Richard Feehan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1976 or 1977 (age 48–49) |
| Political party | Alberta New Democratic Party |
| Residence(s) | Calgary,Alberta |
| Alma mater | University of Calgary |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Portfolio | Minister of Justice and Solicitor General |
Kathleen Teresa GanleyECA (born 1978) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who was elected in the2019 Alberta general election to represent theelectoral district ofCalgary-Mountain View in the30th Alberta Legislature. She was previously elected in2015 to representCalgary-Buffalo in the29th Legislature. She is a member of the New Democratic Party of Alberta.[1] On May 24, 2015 she was sworn in as the Minister of Justice and Minister of Aboriginal Affairs for the province of Alberta.[2] On February 2, 2016 six new members were sworn into Alberta's Cabinet, and Kathleen Ganley retained the role of Minister of Justice and Solicitor General for the province of Alberta becoming one of the first non-conservatives to be appointed since the early 1960s.[3] The department of Aboriginal Relations was renamed to Indigenous Relations, reflecting the preference of Indigenous communities, with Richard Feehan appointed Minister of Indigenous Relations.[4]
In 2024, she ran for the position ofleader of the Alberta NDP, ultimately losing out to former Mayor of CalgaryNaheed Nenshi after receiving 5,899 votes or about 8% of the vote.[5]
Ganley was born inEdmonton and moved to Calgary before she turned two.[6] She has degrees in Psychology and in Philosophy from the University of Calgary. She graduated from theUniversity of Calgary faculty of law in 2012. As a lawyer, she specialized in labour and employment.[6] She also worked as a clerk in a provincial court.[7] Ganley gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Wren, in November 2017.[8]
| 2015 Alberta general election:Calgary-Buffalo | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Kathleen T. Ganley | 4,671 | 35.11% | 30.39% | $3,118 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Terry Rock | 3,738 | 28.09% | -2.58% | $92,068 | |||
| Liberal | David Khan | 3,282 | 24.67% | -16.80% | $54,749 | |||
| Wildrose | Leah Wamboldt | 1,351 | 10.15% | -10.97% | $2,900 | |||
| Green | Sabrina Lee Levac | 263 | 1.98% | – | $500 | |||
| Total | 13,305 | – | – | – | ||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 162 | – | – | – | ||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 32,950 | 40.87% | -3.39% | – | ||||
| New Democraticgain fromLiberal | Swing | -1.89% | ||||||
Source(s) Source:"05 - Calgary-Buffalo, 2015 Alberta general election".officialresults.elections.ab.ca.Elections Alberta. RetrievedMay 21, 2020. "2015-2016 Annual Report of the Chief Electoral Officer"(PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved2018-05-02. | ||||||||
| 2019 Alberta general election:Calgary-Mountain View | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Kathleen Ganley | 12,526 | 47.32% | 18.45% | ||||
| United Conservative | Jeremy Wong | 9,708 | 36.68% | 2.24% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Angela Kokott | 2,345 | 8.86% | – | ||||
| Liberal | David Khan | 1,474 | 5.57% | -31.10% | ||||
| Green | Thana Boonlert | 315 | 1.19% | – | ||||
| Alberta Independence | Monica Friesz | 102 | 0.39% | – | ||||
| Total | 26,470 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 203 | 86 | 7 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 38,316 | 69.63% | 15.24% | |||||
| New Democraticgain fromLiberal | Swing | 1.43% | ||||||
Source(s) Source:"18 - Calgary-Mountain View, 2019 Alberta general election".officialresults.elections.ab.ca.Elections Alberta. RetrievedMay 21, 2020. | ||||||||
| 2023 Alberta general election:Calgary-Mountain View | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Kathleen Ganley | 16,516 | 64.70 | +17.38 | ||||
| United Conservative | Pamela Rath | 8,468 | 33.17 | -3.50 | ||||
| Liberal | Frances Woytkiw | 335 | 1.31 | -4.26 | ||||
| Solidarity Movement | Christopher Wedick | 119 | 0.47 | – | ||||
| Pro-Life | Lucas Hernandez | 90 | 0.35 | – | ||||
| Total | 25,528 | 99.03 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 251 | 0.97 | ||||||
| Turnout | 25,779 | 65.42 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 39,403 | |||||||
| New Democratichold | Swing | +10.44 | ||||||
Source(s) Source:Elections Alberta[9] | ||||||||
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