Craig Cheffins
MLA for Calgary Elbow
In office 2007 – 2008
Preceded by	Ralph Klein
Succeeded by	Alison Redford
Political party	Liberal

Craig Cheffins is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the Calgary Elbow riding. Running as a Liberal, he won the seat in a 2007 by-election, but lost the seat in the 2008 general election.

Contents 1 Political life 2 Career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Political life

A by-election was called to replace former premier Ralph Klein, who vacated the seat, after retiring as premier of Alberta.^[1][2] He was considered a "prime candidate" in the by-election, according to Don Braid, of the Calgary Herald.^[1], and won the by-election by approximately 800 votes. The constituency had previously elected Progressive Conservative candidates in every election and by-election since 1971.

Previously Cheffins was the president of the Calgary community of Lakeview and involved in the West Hillhurst community associations.^[1] He was also active in prior Liberal party campaigns.^[1]

Cheffins was an active member of the Weaselhead Preservation Society.^[3]

Cheffins lost the provincial election on March 3, 2008.

On September 11, 2008 Craig Cheffins announced he was supporting Dave Taylor for the leadership of the Alberta Liberal Party, and would be taking on the role of Campaign Co-Chair for that effort.^[4]

[edit] Career

Cheffins' employer at the time of the 2007 by-election was Mount Royal College (MRC), where he was the Work Experience Coordinator of the Justice Studies department.^[5] According to an article published in The Reflector, a student newspaper at MRC, two students of Cheffins claimed he neglected his duties in favour of the by-election campaign; however, Cheffins denied the allegations, a college official said "never was (Cheffins') program left unattended", and a justice studies professor charged that the complaints were politically motivated.^[6] Cheffins now works with the Canadian Mental Health Association.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Craig Cheffins

• Official site of Craig Cheffins
• Bell, Rick (2007-05-16). "This could be a bye-bye election: Ed may get a Calgary Elbow to the head: Days of the Turnip Tories are long gone". Calgary Sun (Sun Media Corporation). http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2007/05/16/4184172-sun.html. Retrieved 2007-05-20. 
• Bell, Rick (2007-05-18). "The people of Poll 13 live in one of Calgary's luckiest districts ... and even here you can feel the discontent". Calgary Sun (Sun Media Corporation). http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Columnists/Bell_Rick/2007/05/18/4189658.html. Retrieved 2007-05-20. 

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