Fred Lindsay

Frederick Lindsay ECA (born March 12, 1946) is a politician and was a provincial Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Alberta, Canada.

The Honourable Fred Lindsay ECA
MLA for Stony Plain
In office 2004–2012
Preceded by	Stan Woloshyn
Personal details
Born	(1946-03-12) March 12, 1946 (age 78)[1][2]
Political party	Progressive Conservative

Political involvement

Lindsay has been a longtime Progressive Conservative, having served on the Stony Plain board of directors for the last 25 years. He sought election after longtime member Stan Woloshyn retired from the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in 2004.

Lindsay was elected to his first term as the Progressive Conservative member for Stony Plain provincial electoral district in the 2004 Alberta general election. He was re-elected to a second term in the 2008 election.

On December 14, 2006, Lindsay was appointed to the cabinet as Solicitor General and Minister of Public Security, when Ed Stelmach became Premier. He served in the job until January 13, 2010.^[3]

Electoral record

2004 Alberta general election

v t e 2004 Alberta general election: Stony Plain
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Lindsay	5,581	44.51%	-22.69%
	Liberal	Bill Fraser	3,381	26.97%	3.38%
	Alberta Alliance	Marilyn Burns	1,904	15.19%	–
	New Democratic	Ruth Yanor	1,362	10.86%	1.65%
	Social Credit	Henry Neumann	310	2.47%	–
Total			12,538	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			44	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			26,086	48.23%	-9.71%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-13.03%
Source(s) Source: "Stony Plain Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

References

1. "The Stelmach cabinet". Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
2. "Legislative records" (PDF). www.assembly.ab.ca.
3. "Stelmach makes major changes to Alberta cabinet". National Post. Archived from the original on 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2010-02-07.

External links

• Fred Lindsay biography Alberta legislature

Alberta provincial government of Ed Stelmach
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Preceded by Stan Woloshyn	MLA Stony Plain 2004-2012	Succeeded by TBD