Shaye Quinn Anderson (born March 21, 1975) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the

Legislative Assembly of Alberta The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. Since 2012 the Legislative Assembly has had 87 members, elected first past the post f ...

representing the

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of Leduc-Beaumont. A New Democrat, Anderson defeated longtime MLA George Rogers in an election that saw the NDP win a majority government, the first government change the province had seen since 1971. On January 19, 2017, Anderson was sworn in as minister of municipal affairs. Anderson was defeated in the 2019 Alberta general election by United Conservative Party candidate Brad Rutherford. Following his defeat, Anderson moved back to his hometown of

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; in 2021, he sought the federal NDP nomination for Nanaimo—Ladysmith though was defeated. Anderson attended Cowichan Secondary School, graduating in 1993. He is an install and repair technician for Telus and a shop union steward. He is from

and has a diploma in physical education from Malaspina University-College in Nanaimo, British Columbia His pronounced facial hair drew some attention after his election, with one columnist for the ''

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'' calling it "the most conspicuous and healthy beard seen in Canadian politics this side of the 19th century."

Electoral history

2019 general election

2015 general election

References

Alberta New Democratic Party MLAs Living people Members of the Executive Council of Alberta People from Duncan, British Columbia Vancouver Island University alumni 1975 births 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta {{Alberta-MLA-stub