Alana DeLong

Alana DeLong
Alana DeLong
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Bow
	In office; March 15, 2001 – May 5, 2015
Preceded by	Bonnie Laing
Succeeded by	Deborah Drever
Personal details
Born	Alana Suzanne DeLong; 1948 or 1949 (age 75–76); Nelson, British Columbia
Political party	Conservative
Other political; affiliations	Alberta PC ; BC Liberal
Spouse	Robert Spencer
Residence(s)	Thetis Island, British Columbia
Alma mater	University of British Columbia; University of Calgary
Website	http://www.alanadelong.ca

Alana Suzanne DeLong (born c. 1949) is a Canadian politician who was the candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada in the Cowichan-Malahat-Langford federal riding in the 2019 general election.^[3] She is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta who represented the constituency of Calgary-Bow as a Progressive Conservative. She was first elected in 2001 and reelected in the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Alberta provincial elections. Alana DeLong did not run in 2015 general election.

Early life

DeLong was born in Nelson, British Columbia. She graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics (honours) with a drama minor before going on to complete courses toward a Master of Computer Science degree at the University of Calgary. With more than 20 years experience in the information technology industry, DeLong has worked with many leading computer companies in Calgary including Barry W. Ramer & Partners Ltd. Canada's largest IBM PC VAR where she served as a leading Marketing Representative, Sterlingrock Systems Incorporated where she served as president and Sperry Univac where she worked as their first female computer mainframe salesperson. DeLong also holds the distinction of being the first female marketing manager with General Electric in Canada.

DeLong has long been an active community member. She served as president of Tuesday Nooners Toastmasters and extensively campaigned for the Cancer Fund, the Heart and Stroke Fund, the Canadian Red Cross Society, Flowers of Hope, and a number of municipal, provincial, and federal elections. DeLong has also drawn on her background in drama as an actress with Theatre Calgary, host of a television ski program, and singer with the Calgary Opera Chorus.^[4]

Political life

DeLong first sought public office in the 2001 provincial election in the constituency of Calgary-Bow. In that election, DeLong received 64% of the vote. She was subsequently reelected in 2004 with a share of 48% and again in 2008 when she earned 45% of the vote.

During the same-sex marriage debate in December 2004, DeLong joined the majority of Progressive Conservative caucus in speaking against same sex marriage rights and supported a legal challenge following Reference Re Same-Sex Marriage and the introduction of Bill C-38 by the Government of Canada.^[5]

DeLong intended to run as a candidate in the 2006 Progressive Conservative Leadership convention but decided against seeking the position prior to the nomination deadline. Up until the point of her departure from the race, she was the only female seeking the leadership.^[6]

In addition to her role as an MLA, DeLong has been a member of a number of committees. She has served in the role of chair of the Standing Committee on Private Bills, the Nomination Review Committee of the Ministers Seniors Service Awards, and of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and SuperNet Committee, as well as the position of vice-chair of the Official Song Committee. DeLong has also served on the Regulatory Review Steering Committee, the Provincial Archives of Alberta Advisory Board, the Cabinet Policy Committee on Government Services, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts Committee, the Standing Policy Committee on Justice and Government Services, and the Standing Policy Committee on Law and Regulations and Public Accounts. As well, she has served as a member of a number of MLA Review Committees, including the MLA Committee to Review the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) Program, the MLA Committee to Review Low-Income Programs in Alberta, the MLA Committee to Review Marketing Tourism, the MLA Committee to Review Freedom of Information Practices, and the MLA Committee to Review the Select Conflicts of Interest Act.

DeLong served as a member of the Cabinet Policy Committee on Community Services, the Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing, and the Standing Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund. She also serves as co-chair of the Alberta Life Sciences Institute (ALSI) Board.

Personal life

DeLong is married to Robert Spencer. She has two grown children, Samantha and James. She lived in the community of Bowness for more than 30 years and designed the log home she lives in with her family. DeLong returned to her native home of British Columbia in April 2015 and now lives on Thetis Island in the Southern Gulf Islands.^[4]

Electoral record

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Cowichan—Malahat—Langford
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Alistair MacGregor	26,968	42.8	+6.7	$49,798.01
	Conservative	Alana DeLong	17,870	28.4	+2.4	$51,680.34
	Liberal	Blair Herbert	10,320	16.4	+0.6	$28,769.73
	People's	Mark Hecht	3,952	6.3	+4.7	$13,032.24
	Green	Lia Versaevel	3,922	6.2	-14.0	$7,031.80
Total valid votes/Expense limit			63,032	99.5	–	$125,299.84
Total rejected ballots			306	0.5
Turnout			63,338	64.4
Eligible voters			98,396
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+2.2
Source: Elections Canada^[7]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Cowichan—Malahat—Langford
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Alistair MacGregor	23,519	36.06	+0.12	$90,249.73
	Conservative	Alana DeLong	16,959	26.00	+3.19	$45,957.36
	Green	Lydia Hwitsum	13,181	20.21	+3.27	$58,460.55
	Liberal	Blair Herbert	10,301	15.79	-7.98	$25,800.21
	People's	Rhonda Chen	1,066	1.63	–	none listed
	Christian Heritage	Robin Morton Stanbridge	202	0.31	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			65,228	99.57		$117,241.30
Total rejected ballots			282	0.43	+0.06
Turnout			65,510	69.88	-5.84
Eligible voters			93,745
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-1.53
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election: Nanaimo-North Cowichan
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Doug Routley	12,276	46.89	+0.68	$34,949
	Liberal	Alana DeLong	7,379	28.18	−2.59	$36,526
	Green	Lia Marie Constance Versaevel	6,252	23.88	+10.15	$7,981
	Independent	P. Anna Paddon	274	1.05	+0.77	$1,010
Total valid votes			26,181	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			198	0.75	+0.36
Turnout			26,379	63.73	+2.62
Registered voters			41,393
Source: Elections BC^[10]^[11]

v t e 2012 Alberta general election: Calgary-Bow
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Alana S. DeLong	6,994	47.21%	2.05%
	Wildrose	Tim Dyck	5,617	37.91%	28.29%
	Liberal	Stephanie Shewchuk	1,369	9.24%	-25.69%
	New Democratic	Jason Nishiyama	598	4.04%	0.61%
	Alberta Party	Ellen Phillips	237	1.60%	–
Total			14,815	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			72	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			26,401	56.39%	8.31%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-0.46%
Source(s) Source: "04 - Calgary-Bow, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

v t e 2008 Alberta general election: Calgary-Bow
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Alana S. DeLong	6,687	45.16%	-3.04%
	Liberal	Greg Flanagan	5,173	34.93%	7.17%
	Wildrose Alliance	Barry J. Holizki	1,425	9.62%	1.58%
	Green	Randy Weeks	845	5.71%	0.06%
	New Democratic	Teale Phelps Bondaroff	507	3.42%	-5.55%
	Social Credit	Leonard Skowronski	171	1.15%	0.39%
Total			14,808	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			64	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			30,930	48.08%	0.94%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-5.11%
Source(s) Source: "02 - Calgary-Bow, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 174–177.

v t e 2004 Alberta general election: Calgary-Bow
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Alana S. DeLong	6,097	48.20%	-15.74%
	Liberal	Kelly McDonnell	3,512	27.76%	2.80%
	New Democratic	Jennifer Banks	1,135	8.97%	2.34%
	Alberta Alliance	James D. Istvanffy	1,017	8.04%	–
	Green	Marie Picken	714	5.64%	4.12%
	Social Credit	Douglas A. Picken	97	0.77%	–
	Independent	Margaret (Peggy) Askin	78	0.62%	-0.81%
Total			12,650	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			90	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			27,026	47.14%	-8.12%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-9.27%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Bow, 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

v t e 2001 Alberta general election: Calgary-Bow
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Alana S. DeLong	8,274	63.94%	9.51%
	Liberal	Kelly McDonnell	3,230	24.96%	-8.45%
	New Democratic	Jeff Bayliss	858	6.63%	-2.71%
	Greens	Jan Triska	394	3.04%	1.52%
	Independent	Margaret (Peggy) Askin	184	1.42%	–
Total			12,940	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			51	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			23,510	55.26%	-0.70%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		8.98%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Bow Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

References

^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2014-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Calgary riding results". Archived from the original on 2015-10-21. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
^ "Alana DeLong - Canada's Official Opposition". Archived from the original on 2019-08-26. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
^ ^a ^b "Legislative Assembly of Alberta". www.assembly.ab.ca.
^ Lang, Michelle; Tibbetts, Janice (December 9, 2004). "Tory MLAs vow to keep same-sex marriage ban". Calgary Herald. p. A6. ProQuest 2263427381.
^ "DeLong pulls out of Tory leadership race". CBC News. October 11, 2006. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 12 September 2020.

External links

Alana DeLong's web page

[1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2014-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Calgary riding results". Archived from the original on 2015-10-21. Retrieved 2015-06-06.

[3] "Alana DeLong - Canada's Official Opposition". Archived from the original on 2019-08-26. Retrieved 2019-08-26.

[leg_bio-4] "Legislative Assembly of Alberta". www.assembly.ab.ca.

[5] Lang, Michelle; Tibbetts, Janice (December 9, 2004). "Tory MLAs vow to keep same-sex marriage ban". Calgary Herald. p. A6. ProQuest 2263427381.

[6] "DeLong pulls out of Tory leadership race". CBC News. October 11, 2006. Retrieved 2015-05-23.

[7] "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[8] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

[9] "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved June 2, 2021.

[10] "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

[11] "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 12 September 2020.

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