Dan Backs
Dan Backs | |
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Edmonton-Manning | |
Personal details | |
Born | Independent (2006-2008) | December 15, 1953
Other political affiliations | Progressive Conservative |
Residence(s) | Edmonton, Alberta |
Alma mater | University of Alberta |
Dan Backs (born December 15, 1953)
Early life
Backs was educated at
Backs has worked in farming, construction, and pipelining.[2] He has served as a negotiator for the Alberta Operating Engineers Association, and as secretary-treasurer of the Alberta and Northwest Territories Council of Labour.[2]
Politics
Electoral record
Backs ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1979 Alberta general election. He ran for the Alberta Liberals in the electoral district of Lesser Slave Lake but was defeated by Larry Shaben finishing in last place in the field of four candidates.[3]
He would attempt to gain a seat in the 1986 Edmonton municipal election, when he ran for Edmonton City Council as an alderman in Ward 1.[4] He finished third of nine candidates, behind Bruce Campbell and Helen Paull, both of whom were elected (Edmonton's council is composed of two councillors from each of six wards).[4]
He subsequently sought provincial office in the
After being expelled from the Liberal caucus by leader Kevin Taft, Backs sought the Progressive Conservative nomination in his riding.[6] Also contesting it were Vandermeer, his predecessor and last-time opponent, local homebuilder Peter Sandhu, and Backs' fellow former Liberal Emerson Mayers. Sandhu won the nomination,[6] and Backs decided to contest the next election as an independent.[7] In this election, he finished third behind Sandhu and New Democrat Rick Murti.[8]
Ouster from caucus
In November 2006, Backs was expelled from the Liberal caucus by party leader Kevin Taft.[9] Taft attributed the decision to "ongoing friction" between Backs and his colleagues, with Backs expressing surprise and calling the ouster "bizarre".[9] Although Backs had already received the Liberal nomination in Edmonton-Manning for the following election, Taft declared that he would not be running as a Liberal and that the party would find a different candidate.[9]
Legislative initiatives
In 2006, while still a Liberal, Backs sponsored the Labour Relations Code (First Collective Agreement) Amendment Act, a
Election results
Edmonton-Manning )
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Turnout 39.8% | |||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Progressive Conservative | Peter Sandhu | 4,109 | 35.2% | |
NDP | Rick Murti | 2,302 | 20.6% | |
Independent
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Dan Backs | 2,275 | 20.1% | |
Liberal | Sandeep Dhir | 2,261 | 19.5% | |
Wildrose Alliance | Phil Gamache | 287 | 2.6% | |
Green | Odette Boily | 234 | 2.1% | |
Edmonton-Manning )
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Turnout 44.3% | |||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Liberal | Dan Backs | 3,873 | 35.9% | |
Progressive Conservative | Tony Vandermeer | 3,646 | 33.8% | |
NDP | Laurie Lang | 2,371 | 22.0% | |
Alberta Alliance | Mike Pietramala | 515 | 4.8% | |
Green | Ross Adshead | 240 | 2.2% | |
Social Credit | Sean Tisdall | 130 | 1.2% | |
1986 Edmonton municipal election results (Ward 1) | ||||
Candidate | Votes | |||
Bruce Campbell | 10,929 | |||
Helen Paull | 10,074 | |||
Dan Backs | 6,545 | |||
Paul Norris | 5,038 | |||
Walter Coombs | 2,320 | |||
John Ludwig | 2,104 | |||
Mary Hislop-Perraton | 864 | |||
Roxanne Herbert | 712 | |||
Francis Dryden | 490 |
References
- ^ "Edmonton News | Local Breaking | CTV News Edmonton". Archived from the original on 23 October 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "Backs' Legislative Assembly of Alberta biography". Archived from the original on 5 October 2006. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Lesser Slave Lake results 1979". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
- ^ a b "Edmonton 1986 municipal election results" (PDF). Retrieved 18 March 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "2004 election results, Edmonton-Manning" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
- ^ a b Holubitsky, Jeff (22 September 2007). "Sandhu wins Tory nomination". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
- ^ Markusoff, Jason (23 February 2008). "Turfed Liberal could win points for recycling". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
- ^ Farrell, Jim (3 March 2008). "Edmonton-Manning". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
- ^ a b c "Alberta Liberals oust Dan Backs from caucus for causing too much friction". Canadian Press. 20 November 2006.
- ^ https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files%5Cdocs%5Chansards%5Chan%5Clegislature_26%5Csession_2%5C20060518_1330_01_han.pdf (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 18 May 2006.
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- ^ a b c https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files%5Cdocs%5Chansards%5Chan%5Clegislature_26%5Csession_3%5C20071108_1300_01_han.pdf (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 8 November 2007.
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