Deborah Drever

Deborah Drever
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Bow
In office
May 5, 2015 – March 19, 2019
Preceded byAlana DeLong
Succeeded byDemetrios Nicolaides
Personal details
Born (1988-08-15) August 15, 1988 (age 36)
Calgary, Alberta
Political partyAlberta New Democratic Party (2015, 2016–)
Other political
affiliations		Independent (2015)
Residence(s)Calgary, Alberta
Alma materMount Royal University
Occupationstudent, politician

Deborah Drever (born August 15, 1988) is a Canadian who was a politician elected in the 2015 general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the electoral district of Calgary-Bow.[1] A sociology student at Mount Royal University in Calgary, she defeated Progressive Conservative challenger Byron Nelson in the May 5, 2015, election in a riding that had historically elected Conservative candidates.[1][2][3]

She was elected as a member of the Alberta New Democratic Party, but was sworn in as an independent MLA after being barred from the caucus because of a controversy about her social media activities prior to her candidacy. In 2016, she was readmitted to the NDP caucus.[4]

Deborah Drever ran for re-election in the 2019 Alberta general election, but was defeated by Demetrios Nicolaides of the United Conservative Party, as the UCP gained back all but a handful of seats they had lost in the Calgary area in 2015.

  1. ^ a b Stephen Ewart (May 6, 2015). "NDP's Drever takes long-time Tory stronghold Calgary-Bow". Calgary Herald. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  2. ^ "CBC News - Alberta Election: Who are the province's new MLAs?". CBC News. May 6, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  3. ^ "Meet some of the new faces elected in Alberta's orange wave". Toronto Star. May 6, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  4. ^ "Calgary MLA Deborah Drever returns to NDP caucus". Calgary Herald. January 8, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2016.