Gordon Kirkby

Gordon Kirkby BSc, LLB (born 26 September 1958 in Melfort, Saskatchewan)^[1] was a member of the Canadian House of Commons at the Prince Albert—Churchill River electoral district from 1993 to 1997. He is a lawyer by career, following studies at the University of Saskatchewan.

History

Kirkby was first elected to Prince Albert City Council as an alderman in October 1985. Kirkby was mayor of his home town Prince Albert from 1988 until 1993, when he began to campaign for a seat in Canadian Parliament with the Liberal party. He won his home riding in the 1993 federal election then served in the 35th Canadian Parliament. Kirkby lost to Reform party candidate Derrek Konrad in the 1997 election, finishing third in the riding which was by then restructured as Prince Albert.

After he left Canadian politics, Kirkby moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba and began a consulting career. He made an unsuccessful bid to become Winnipeg's mayor in 2004.^[2]

Gordon Kirkby moved back to Prince Albert in June 2005 and started up his own law firm. Kirkby took on a partner later on in Philip Fourie, making their law firm Kirkby Fourie Law.

In the 2015 Canadian federal election, Kirkby attempted a federal political comeback in the riding of Prince Albert, which was unsuccessful. Running against Conservative incumbent Randy Hoback, Kirkby placed third.

Federal Political Record

Electoral District of Prince Albert

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Randy Hoback	19,673	49.79	-12.63	–
	New Democratic	Lon Borgerson	11,244	28.46	-3.03	–
	Liberal	Gordon Kirkby	7,832	19.82	+16.38	–
	Green	Byron Tenkink	761	1.93	-0.29	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			39,510	100.0		$209,243.37
Total rejected ballots			103	–	–
Turnout			39,613	–	–
Eligible voters			55,873
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Reform	Derrek Konrad	12,508	38.1	–	$55,562
	New Democratic	Ray Funk	10,418	31.7	–	$59,376
	Liberal	Gordon Kirkby	6,965	21.2	–	$37,643
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Fripp	2,702	8.2	–	$13,911
	Canadian Action	John Hrapchak	275	0.8	–
Total valid votes			32,868	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			107	0.3
Turnout			32,975	64.5

Electoral District of Prince Albert--Churchill River (Abolished 1997)

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gordon Kirkby	11,589
	New Democratic	Ray Funk	9,031
	Reform	J. Paul Meagher	5,694
	Independent	Rick V. Laliberte	1,499
	Progressive Conservative	Joyce Middlebrook	1,412
	National	Brian Baker	442
	Canada Party	Donald Kavanagh	125
	Independent	Richard Arthur Potratz	79

References

1. Listed birthdate is from the Parliament of Canada record, but one source claimed this was 16 September 1958 - see CBC Newsworld: Prince Albert riding profile, accessed 31 July 2006
2. New Winnipeg: Winnipeg 2004 election, accessed 31 July 2006
3. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Prince Albert, 30 September 2015
4. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

External links

• Gordon Kirkby – Parliament of Canada biography