Shannon Phillips

Shannon Phillips
Phillips in May 2015
MLA for Lethbridge-West
Incumbent
Assumed office May 5, 2015
Preceded by	Greg Weadick
Personal details
Born	(1975-09-04) September 4, 1975
Political party	Alberta New Democratic Party
Residence	Lethbridge, Alberta
Alma mater	University of Alberta
Occupation	economic policy analyst, journalist, consultant
Portfolio	Minister of Environment & Minister for the Status of Women

Shannon Phillips (born September 4, 1975) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the Alberta general election, 2015 to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Lethbridge-West. On May 24, 2015 she was sworn in as the Minister of Environment and Parks and Minister Responsible for the Status of Women in the Alberta Cabinet. She also serves as the Deputy House Leader for the NDP Caucus. Phillips previously ran in the 2012 general election losing to PC incumbent Greg Weadick.

Life and career

Phillips is an economic policy analyst who worked for the Alberta Federation of Labour, where she did much work on energy and environment-related matters. She also served as chair of the group Womanspace Lethbridge. She has two sons. Phillips is also known as Gnome Stompsky #4746 when she is playing Roller Derby with the Lethbridge Roller Derby Guild for the Deathbridge Derby Dames team.

Electoral history

2012 general election

Alberta general election, 2012: Lethbridge-West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Greg Weadick	5,390	36.64%
	New Democratic	Shannon Phillips	4,275	29.06%
	Wildrose	Kevin Kinahan	3,960	26.92%
	Liberal	Bal Boora	826	5.62%
	Alberta Party	David Walters	259	1.76%
Source: http://results.elections.ab.ca/wtResultsPGE.htm

2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Shannon Phillips	11,284	59.5%
	Progressive Conservative	Greg Weadick	3,984	21.9%
	Wildrose	Ron Bain	3,071	16.2%
	Liberal	Sheila Pyne	639	3.4%