Naomi Rankin

Naomi Rankin (born c. 1953)^[1] is the current leader of the Communist Party of Alberta in Alberta, Canada.

She has been leader of the Communist Party since 1992 and has run in every provincial and federal election in Alberta since 1982, for the Communist Party (Alberta) or the Communist Party of Canada. She has run in many of Edmonton's ridings. In the last two decades, the Communist Party has rarely managed more than a few hundred votes, and has only fielded a small number of candidates.

Naomi is widowed with two children, and is retired from her career as a computer programmer. She has lived in Edmonton since 1964. She is a social activist and sings in a choir called "Notre Dame des Bananes", as well as the Richard Eaton Singers.

She is not related to Darrell Rankin, the leader of the Communist Party of Canada - Manitoba or the singing Rankin Family.

References

External links

Communist Party of Alberta homepage

Party political offices
Preceded by Norman Brudy	Leader of the Communist Party (Alberta) 1992–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Politics of Alberta

Lieutenant Governor	Lois Mitchell Former lieutenant governors

Premier	Rachel Notley Former Premiers List of Premiers by time in office

Legislature	Current assembly Former legislatures Executive Council (Cabinet) Speaker of the Assembly Bob Wanner Opposition Leader Brian Jean Former Opposition Leaders

Political parties	New Democrats Rachel Notley Wildrose Brian Jean Progressive Conservatives Ric McIver Liberals David Swann Alberta Party Greg Clark Alberta First Communists Naomi Rankin Green Janet Keeping Social Credit Len Skowronski Reform Randy Thorsteinson

Elections	29th general election (2015) Past elections Electoral districts Current electoral divisions

Other Canadian politics: Federal AB BC MB NB NL NS ON PE QC SK NT NU YU

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