Shane Getson is a Canadian politician representing Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as a member of the United Conservative Party (UCP). Getson was first elected in the 2019 Alberta general election and subsequently re-elected in the 2023 election.
Shane Getson | |
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 Getson being sworn in to the Legislative Assembly in 2019 | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland | |
| Assumed office April 16, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Oneil Carlier |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1973 or 1974 (age 50–51) |
| Political party | United Conservative Party |
| Residence | Onoway, Alberta |
| Occupation | Civil engineering technologist |
| Website | lacsteanneparkland |
Getson currently serves as the Chief Government Whip, and Parliamentary Secretary for Economic Corridor Development.[1]
Personal life and education
editPrior to serving with the Legislative Assembly, he owned and operated a consulting company[1] serving the construction and energy sectors with a focus on linear infrastructure.
He attended the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), where he received a diploma in Civil Engineering Technology in 1996.
He and his wife have four children.
Getson is a private pilot and aircraft owner.[1]
Career
editGetson was the 917th Member to be sworn into the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.[2]
In September 2021, Getson criticized Alberta Health Services and their executives for not increasing capacity to handle the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. He said that the policy of vaccine passport was a distraction to keep accountability off of AHS. The timing of his comments was criticized by the opposition Alberta New Democratic Party as being "ignorant and tone deaf", saying that the governing UCP were responsible for the capacity issues.[3] The comments were also criticized by healthcare workers on social media, which prompted Getson to apologize, stating that he made the comments "in context of the management of the organization, and its processes, not the personnel that operate [these] stations".[4]
In January 2022, Getson faced criticism and calls by the opposition for his removal from caucus after fellow UCP MLA Grant Hunter attended a convoy protest that blockaded the Sweetgrass–Coutts Border Crossing, while Getson drove his gravel truck in the local Edmonton protest.[5]
Electoral history
edit2023 general election
edit| 2023 Alberta general election: Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Shane Getson | 14,923 | 68.96 | +3.22 | ||||
| New Democratic | Oneil Carlier | 5,868 | 27.12 | +3.71 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Janet Jabush | 463 | 2.14 | -5.61 | ||||
| Green | Vanessa Diehl | 205 | 0.95 | – | ||||
| Advantage Party | Marilyn Burns | 182 | 0.84 | -0.56 | ||||
| Total | 21,641 | 99.61 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 85 | 0.39 | ||||||
| Turnout | 21,726 | 61.27 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 35,460 | |||||||
| United Conservative hold | Swing | -0.25 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[6] | ||||||||
2019 general election
edit| 2019 Alberta general election: Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Shane Getson | 15,860 | 65.74% | 8.38% | ||||
| New Democratic | Oneil Carlier | 5,646 | 23.40% | -16.09% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Donald Walter McCargar | 1,870 | 7.75% | – | ||||
| Alberta Independence | Gordon W. McMillan | 413 | 1.71% | – | ||||
| Alberta Advantage | Darien Masse | 337 | 1.40% | – | ||||
| Total | 24,126 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 95 | 65 | 20 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 33,510 | 72.34% | – | |||||
| United Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "67 - Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland, 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. 309–313. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021. | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b c "Parliamentary Secretary for Economic Corridor Development". www.alberta.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ^ Sarah O'Donnell. "Riding profile: Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
- ^ Konguavi, Thandiwe (2021-09-26). "UCP MLA criticizes Alberta Health Services salaries in light of ICU shortages". CBC News.
- ^ "COVID-19: Alberta MLA under fire for comments on AHS' handling of pandemic". Global News. September 28, 2021. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ^ "Alta. UCP MLA drives dump truck in mandate protest, NDP calls on Kenney to kick him out of caucus". Edmonton. 2022-01-31. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ^ "67 - Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
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