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The Honourable
Tracy Allard
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Alberta Minister of Municipal Affairs | |
In office August 25, 2020 – January 4, 2021 |
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Premier | Jason Kenney |
Preceded by | Kaycee Madu |
Succeeded by | Ric McIver |
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Grande Prairie | |
In office April 16, 2019 – May 29, 2023 |
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Preceded by | Riding re-established |
Succeeded by | Nolan Dyck |
Personal details | |
Born | 1970/1971 (age 53–54) |
Political party | United Conservative Party |
Residences | Grande Prairie, Alberta |
Alma mater | University of British Columbia (BComm) |
Tracy Allard (born 1971) is a Canadian politician who represented Grande Prairie in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2019 to 2023. A member of the United Conservative Party (UCP), she was minister of municipal affairs from August 2020 to January 2021.
Early life
Tracy Allard attended the University of British Columbia completing a Bachelor of Commerce and a certificate in disability management. She and her husband Serge own and operate two Tim Hortons franchises, located in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
Political career
Allard was selected as the United Conservative candidate in Grande Prairie. She won the seat 2019 Alberta general election, with the UCP also forming government.
In November 2019, Allard was appointed as chairwoman of the Northern Alberta Development Council.
In March 2020, Allard was one of seven people named to a panel of Joint Working Group on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls which will work on recommendations for Alberta's action plan regarding the issue.
Allard was appointed as Minister of Municipal Affairs on August 25, 2020, and the former Minister Kaycee Madu was appointed Minister of Justice and Solicitor General.
On October 21, 2020, Allard tested positive for COVID-19.
Electoral history
Alberta general election, 2019: Grande Prairie | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
UCP | Tracy Allard | 12,713 | 63.02% | 8.21% | ||||
New Democratic | Todd Russell | 4,361 | 21.62% | -12.62% | ||||
Alberta Party | Grant Berg | 2,516 | 12.47% | 4.14% | ||||
Freedom Conservative | Bernard Hancock | 392 | 1.94% | – | ||||
Alberta Independence | Ray Robertson | 126 | 0.62% | – | ||||
Independent | Rony Rajput | 66 | 0.33% | – | ||||
Total | 20,174 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 217 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 31,775 | 64.17% | – | |||||
UCP notional hold | Swing | +10.03% | ||||||
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