Jackie Lovely
Jackie Lovely | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Camrose | |
| Assumed office April 16, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Riding Established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964 or 1965 (age 61–62)[1] |
| Party | United Conservative Party |
Other political affiliations | Wildrose (2012–17) |
Jackie Lovely (born 1964/1965) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Camrose in the 30th Alberta Legislature. She is a member of the United Conservative Party.[2]
Earlier Life
Prior to serving in the Legislative Assembly, Jackie Lovely was employed with the Good Samaritan Society, a charitable organization which provides care services and programs to aging populations. Lovely also worked in property management, real estate company and project coordination. Additionally, Lovely has served as an English as a Second Language instructor as well as vice president for both the Camrose Chamber of Commerce and Leduc Chamber of Commerce. She is also a Rotarian.[3]
Lovely holds an MBA from Cape Breton University, a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Saskatchewan, and a diploma in hotel and restaurant administration from Saskatchewan Polytechnic.[4]
Political career
Lovely started her political career as a candidate for the Wildrose Party, and ran unsuccessfully in 2012 and 2015 in the riding of Edmonton-Ellerslie. Following the amalgamation of the Wildrose and the Progressive Conservative parties, Lovely won her seat in the 2019 Alberta General Election, this time to represent Camrose as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the newly formed United Conservative Party (UCP) Government Caucus.
In April 2021, she proposed Bill 216, the Fire Prevention and Fire Services Recognition Act, aimed at creating a Fire Services Recognition Day within Fire Prevention Week.[5]
On November 23, 2021, Lovely was appointed the Parliamentary Secretary for Status of Women, a position which she held until October 23, 2022.[3]
Lovely tabled Bill 205, The Official Sport of Alberta Act following its introduction to the legislature in December, 2022. Calgary-North MLA Muhammad Yaseen introduced a similar Private Member's Bill in December, 2020.[6]
Essay contest controversy
The Her Vision Inspires essay contest was announced in February 2022 and was a partnership between the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Canadian Region. Young women between the ages of 17 and 25 were asked to describe their "unique vision for Alberta," and what they would do if elected to be an MLA.
Lovely and Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville MLA Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk were counted among the judges for the contest.[7] On August 8, 2022, NDP MLA Janis Irwin brought attention to an essay awarded third place in the contest due to its controversial subject matter.[8][9] Lovely apologized for her part in judging the essay in the contest.
2023 General Election
Jackie Lovely was re-elected in the 2023 Alberta general election.[10]
Recall Petition
A recall petition against Lovely was approved by Elections Alberta on November 14, 2025. Signature collection runs from November 26, 2025 to February 23, 2026, requiring 12,391 signatures.[11]
Electoral history
2012 general election
| 2012 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Ellerslie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Naresh Bhardwaj | 5,677 | 42.97 | +1.06 | ||||
| Wildrose Alliance | Jackie Lovely | 3,258 | 24.66 | +20.35 | ||||
| New Democratic | Rod Loyola | 2,114 | 16.00 | -1.30 | ||||
| Liberal | Jennifer Ketsa | 1,504 | 11.38 | -21.47 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Chinwe Okelu | 523 | 3.96 | – | ||||
| Independent | Athena Bernal-Born | 137 | 1.04 | – | ||||
| Total | 13,213 | 98.83 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 157 | 1.17 | +0.44 | |||||
| Turnout | 13,370 | 50.04 | +14.87 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 26,721 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -9.64 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "33 - Edmonton-Ellerslie, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 20, 2025. Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021. | ||||||||
2015 general election
| 2015 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Ellerslie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Rod Loyola | 11,034 | 61.57 | +45.57 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harman Kandola | 3,549 | 19.80 | -23.16 | ||||
| Wildrose | Jackie Lovely | 2,499 | 13.94 | -10.71 | ||||
| Liberal | Mike McGowan | 839 | 4.68 | -6.70 | ||||
| Total | 17,921 | 99.30 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 127 | 0.70 | -0.47 | |||||
| Turnout | 18,048 | 52.67 | +2.63 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 34,266 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +34.37 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "33 - Edmonton-Ellerslie, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 20, 2025. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. | ||||||||
2019 general election
| 2019 Alberta general election: Camrose | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Jackie Lovely | 15,587 | 65.28% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Morgan Bamford | 4,387 | 18.37% | – | ||||
| Alberta Party | Kevin Smook | 3,059 | 12.81% | – | ||||
| Freedom Conservative | Wes Caldwell | 387 | 1.62% | – | ||||
| Alberta Advantage | Sandra Kim | 173 | 0.72% | – | ||||
| Alberta Independence | Don Dubitz | 158 | 0.66% | – | ||||
| Independent | Bonnie Tanton | 126 | 0.53% | – | ||||
| Total | 23,877 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 122 | 73 | 11 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 32,195 | 74.58% | – | |||||
| United Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "53 - Camrose, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2023 general election
| 2023 Alberta general election: Camrose | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Jackie Lovely | 13,032 | 63.40 | -1.88 | ||||
| New Democratic | Richard Bruneau | 5,579 | 27.14 | +8.77 | ||||
| Independent | Bob Blayone | 1,740 | 8.46 | – | ||||
| Wildrose Loyalty Coalition | Pamela Henson | 205 | 1.00 | – | ||||
| Total | 20,556 | 99.54 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 96 | 0.46 | ||||||
| Turnout | 20,652 | 61.58 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 33,537 | |||||||
| United Conservative hold | Swing | -5.33 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[12] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ Edmonton-Ellerslie Gerein, Keith. Edmonton Journal; Edmonton, Alta. 02 Apr 2012: A.5.
- ↑ Dylan Short (April 15, 2019). "Riding profile: Camrose". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
- 1 2 "Member Information". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ↑ ucpcaucus_mla (2019-10-02). "Jackie Lovely". United Conservative Caucus. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ↑ "Alberta Bill 216, Fire Prevention and Fire Services Recognition Act" (PDF). assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ↑ "Alberta will try to name rodeo its official sport for 2nd time | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ↑ Bellefontaine, Michelle (August 11, 2022). "Camrose MLA says she was only other member on controversial essay judging panel". CBC News.
- ↑ Johnson, Lisa (August 9, 2022). "Prize-winning sexist, racist essay 'should not have been chosen': Alberta associate minister". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ↑ "Her Vision Inspires Essay Contest". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original on July 31, 2022.
- ↑ "Alberta election 2023 results: Camrose | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ↑ https://www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initiative/recall/current-recall-petitions/
- ↑ "53 - Camrose". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 9, 2023.