Jeremy Nixon ECA (born 1982) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Calgary-Klein in the 30th Alberta Legislature. He is the brother of Jason Nixon, and the son of Patrick R. Nixon who founded the Mustard Seed street ministry. Jason and Jeremy Nixon are the first two brothers to sit in the Alberta Legislature simultaneously.
Jeremy Nixon | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services | |
| In office 2022 – May 2023 | |
| Premier | Danielle Smith |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Klein | |
| In office April 16, 2019 – May 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Craig Coolahan |
| Succeeded by | Lizette Tejada |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1981 or 1982 (age 42–43)[1] Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Political party | United Conservative Party |
| Other political affiliations | Wildrose (2012–15) |
| Website | https://votenixon.ca/ |
Political career
editAfter obtaining a Bachelor of Communications and Culture from the University of Calgary, Nixon spent 15 years working in the not-for-profit and government sector. Although the University of Calgary has no record of him obtaining a degree. He held leadership roles with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Calgary, the Mustard Seed, Canadian Mental Health Association and the City of Calgary.[2]
During office, he sat on various Standing Committees including the Select Special Democratic Accountability Committee, the Standing Committee on Families and Communities, the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices and the Standing Committee on Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills.[3]
In December 2020, Nixon traveled to Hawaii during the height of a COVID-19 wave in Alberta. Faced with public scrutiny over his vacation, Nixon resigned from his position as parliamentary secretary.
On November 23, 2021, Nixon was appointed parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Community and Social Services for Civil Society.[4]
Danielle Smith, the recently appointed Premier of Alberta, said on October 21, 2022 that Nixon would be promoted to cabinet as Minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services.[5]
Nixon took on several initiatives including re-indexing Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) and the Alberta Seniors Benefit to inflation.[6] Nixon led the Calgary Public Safety and Community Response Task Force aimed at finding solutions to the ongoing addictions and homelessness crises in the city.[6][7][8][9][10] Nixon also led the initiative to provide Alberta's 21,000 social workers an income top up of $330 million over three years.[1][11] Nixon was able to secure $20 million in funding for food banks in Alberta.[9]
He lost his seat in the 2023 Alberta general election to Lizette Tejada of the Alberta New Democratic Party.[12]
Following Ron Liepert's announcement that he would not be running in the 45th Canadian federal election, Nixon announced that he was seeking the Conservative Party of Canada's nomination for Calgary Signal Hill.[13] He lost the nomination to David McKenzie.
Personal life
editNixon was born in Calgary, Alberta. His father, Pat Nixon, is the founder of the Mustard Seed, a non-profit organization with a mission to eliminate homelessness and reduce poverty; Jeremy worked for the Mustard Seed for a decade.[14] He is the brother of Alberta MLA Jason Nixon.[15] He and his wife, Anita, have four children.
Electoral history
edit2023 general election
edit| 2023 Alberta general election: Calgary-Klein | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Lizette Tejada | 10,564 | 50.87 | +10.97 | ||||
| United Conservative | Jeremy Nixon | 9,697 | 46.69 | -0.92 | ||||
| Green | Kenneth Drysdale | 353 | 1.70 | +0.36 | ||||
| Solidarity Movement | Rob Oswin | 153 | 0.74 | – | ||||
| Total | 20,767 | 99.17 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 173 | 0.83 | ||||||
| Turnout | 20,940 | 59.23 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 35,352 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from United Conservative | Swing | +5.95 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[16] | ||||||||
2019 general election
edit| 2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-Klein | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| United Conservative | Jeremy Nixon | 10,473 | 47.62 | -3.65 | $71,085 | |||
| New Democratic | Craig Coolahan | 8,776 | 39.90 | -2.63 | $42,716 | |||
| Alberta Party | Kara Levis | 1,842 | 8.37 | – | $18,147 | |||
| Liberal | Michael Macdonald | 396 | 1.80 | -4.06 | $1,598 | |||
| Green | Janine St. Jean | 294 | 1.34 | +1.23 | $750 | |||
| Alberta Independence | C.W. Alexander | 214 | 0.97 | – | $3,445 | |||
| Total | 21,995 | 99.05 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 210 | 0.95 | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,205 | 64.56 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 34,392 | |||||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | -0.51 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[17][18][19] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000. | ||||||||
2015 general election
edit| 2015 Alberta general election: Calgary-Klein | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Craig Coolahan | 8,098 | 44.29% | 34.14% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kyle Fawcett | 4,878 | 26.68% | -14.54% | ||||
| Wildrose | Jeremy Nixon | 4,206 | 23.00% | -11.58% | ||||
| Liberal | David Gamble | 1,104 | 6.04% | -5.89% | ||||
| Total | 18,286 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 168 | 41 | 51 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 34,702 | 53.33% | -2.15% | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | 5.48% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "17 - Calgary-Klein, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 151–153. | ||||||||
2012 general election
edit| 2012 Alberta general election: Calgary-Klein | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Kyle Fawcett | 6852 | 41.21% | |
| Wildrose | Jeremy Nixon | 5755 | 34.61% | |
| Liberal | Christopher Tahn | 1980 | 11.91% | |
| New Democratic | Marc Power | 1687 | 10.15% | |
| Evergreen | Roger Gagné | 354 | 2.13% | |
| Total | 16628 | |||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | ||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | % | |||
| Source: Elections Alberta[20] | ||||
References
edit- ^ Riding profiles; A snapshot of all of the ridings and the candidates running in the Calgary area in Monday's provincial election Calgary Herald; Calgary, Alta. [Calgary, Alta]22 Apr 2012: C.4.
- ^ "Jeremy Nixon biography". www.alberta.ca. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- ^ "Committees". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- ^ "Cabinet". 19 March 2024.
- ^ Johnson, Lisa (October 21, 2022). "Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announces new cabinet, keeping several key Kenney ministers". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
- ^ a b French, Janet (2022-11-10). "Alberta government to re-index AISH, seniors benefits to inflation". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2023-06-28.
- ^ Nairn, Lacie (2022-12-21). "Province announces affordable housing program". Pentinction Herald. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
- ^ "Alberta Government announces pay increase for workers supporting people with disabilities". 23 December 2022.
- ^ a b Babych, Stephanie (November 23, 2023). "Alberta commits $20 million to food banks, agencies struggling with inflation". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ "Alberta government task force created to tackle social issues in Calgary - Calgary | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Archived from the original on 2023-01-31.
- ^ Jones, Sarah. "Alberta to provide social sector with additional $330 million". Lethbridge News Now. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ "Alberta election 2023 results: Calgary-Klein | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ "Meet Jeremy Nixon". votenixon.ca. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "Patrick R. Nixon | Alberta.ca". 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Alberta election 2019: The ridings to watch | CBC News".
- ^ "15 - Calgary-Klein". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ^ "15 - Calgary-Klein, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 58–62. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN 978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- ^ "Unofficial Poll Results - 17 CALGARY-KLEIN - 82 Polls Reporting Out of 82". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Retrieved 2019-04-17.