Donna Kennedy-Glans, Date of Birth

    

Donna Kennedy-Glans

Alberta politician

Date of Birth: 05-May-1960

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Donna Kennedy-Glans

  • Donna Kennedy-Glans (born May 5, 1960) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Calgary-Varsity from April 2012 to May 2015.
  • She was elected initially as a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus, and chaired the all-party Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship.
  • On December 13, 2013, she was sworn into the Cabinet of Alberta to fill the newly created post of Associate Minister – Electricity and Renewable Energy.Kennedy-Glans announced that she was resigning from cabinet and leaving the PC caucus to sit as an independent on March 17, 2014, in protest against the leadership of Alison Redford.
  • She officially rejoined the PC caucus on September 17, 2014, after Jim Prentice assumed the leadership of the party.Kennedy-Glans declared as a candidate for the leadership of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party.
  • She withdrew her candidacy in a letter to supporters on November 8, 2016, following the party's AGM saying: "Right now, politics in Alberta is polarizing and there is limited opportunity for centrist voices to be heard." Following Jason Kenney's Progressive Conservative leadership victory Kennedy-Glans announced, that 10 days prior to the vote, she had been named to his transition team.

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