Robyn Luff (born June 3, 1980) is an Alberta politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the

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representing the

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of Calgary-East as a member of the Alberta NDP caucus. She sat as an independent from November 2018 to March 2019, when the legislature was dissolved for that year's

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. Luff pulled off one of the biggest upsets on election night, as she defeated long time MLA Moe Amery to win the riding of Calgary-East. On November 5, 2018, Luff made a statement announcing her refusal to sit in the Alberta legislature until changes were made to what she described as a "toxic culture" within the Alberta NDP caucus that prevented MLAs from expressing their views and properly representing their constituents. The government denied the allegations and removed Luff from its caucus later that evening, stating that it had "lost confidence in her ability to participate as a productive and trustworthy member of the government caucus".

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