Gordon Kirkby

Gordan Kirkby
Gordan Kirkby
Member of Parliament; for Prince Albert—Churchill River
	In office; 26 October 1993 – 1 June 1997
Preceded by	Ray Funk
Succeeded by	Derrek Konrad
Personal details
Born	26 November 1958 (age 66); Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Residence	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Profession	Lawyer

Gordon Kirkby (born 26 September 1958)^[1] was a member of the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Prince Albert—Churchill River from 1993 to 1997.

History

Kirkby was first elected to Prince Albert City Council as an alderman in October 1985. Kirkby was mayor of his home town Prince Albert from 1988 until 1993, when he won the riding of Prince Albert—Churchill River in the 1993 federal election as a member of the Liberal party. He was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada from 23 February 1996 to 1 June 1997. Kirkby lost to Reform party candidate Derrek Konrad in the 1997 election, finishing third in the riding, which had been restructured as Prince Albert.

After he left Canadian politics, Kirkby moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba and began a consulting career. He made an unsuccessful bid to become Winnipeg's mayor in the 2004 by-election.^[2]

Gordon Kirkby moved back to Prince Albert in June 2005 and started up his own law firm. Kirkby took on a partner later on in Philip Fourie, making their law firm Kirkby Fourie Law.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2015 Canadian federal election, Kirkby attempted a federal political comeback in the riding of Prince Albert, which was unsuccessful. Running against Conservative incumbent Randy Hoback, Kirkby placed third.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Kirkby is married to author Mary-Ann Kirkby.^[3]

Electoral record

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: Prince Albert
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Randy Hoback	19,673	49.79	-12.63	$150,007.16
	New Democratic	Lon Borgerson	11,244	28.46	-3.03	$73,259.98
	Liberal	Gordon Kirkby	7,832	19.82	+16.38	$10,644.06
	Green	Byron Tenkink	761	1.93	-0.29	$422.40
Total valid votes/expense limit			39,510	100.0		$210,065.49
Total rejected ballots			103	–	–
Turnout			39,613	–	–
Eligible voters			55,873
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election: Prince Albert
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Derrek Konrad	12,508	38.1	–	$55,562
	New Democratic	Ray Funk	10,418	31.7	–	$59,376
	Liberal	Gordon Kirkby	6,965	21.2	–	$37,643
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Fripp	2,702	8.2	–	$13,911
	Canadian Action	John Hrapchak	275	0.8	–
Total valid votes			32,868	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			107	0.3
Turnout			32,975	64.5

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election: Prince Albert—Churchill River
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gordon Kirkby	11,589
	New Democratic	Ray Funk	9,031
	Reform	J. Paul Meagher	5,694
	Independent	Rick V. Laliberte	1,499
	Progressive Conservative	Joyce Middlebrook	1,412
	National	Brian Baker	442
	Canada Party	Donald Kavanagh	125
	Independent	Richard Arthur Potratz	79

References

^ Listed birthdate is from the Parliament of Canada record, but one source claimed this was 16 September 1958 - see CBC Newsworld: Prince Albert riding profile Archived 17 November 2004 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 31 July 2006
^ New Winnipeg: Winnipeg 2004 election, accessed 31 July 2006 Archived 10 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ Donnelly, Pat (16 August 2008). "A Saskatchewan Star: Mary-Ann Kirkby, author of I Am Hutterite". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Prince Albert, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits

External links

Gordon Kirkby – Parliament of Canada biography

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Ray Funk	Member of Parliament for Prince Albert—Churchill River 1993–1997	Succeeded by The electoral district was abolished in 1996.

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[1] Listed birthdate is from the Parliament of Canada record, but one source claimed this was 16 September 1958 - see CBC Newsworld: Prince Albert riding profile Archived 17 November 2004 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 31 July 2006

[2] New Winnipeg: Winnipeg 2004 election, accessed 31 July 2006 Archived 10 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Donnelly, Pat (16 August 2008). "A Saskatchewan Star: Mary-Ann Kirkby, author of I Am Hutterite". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

[4] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Prince Albert, 30 September 2015

[5] Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits

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