Jacquie Fenske Explained

Jacquie Fenske
Office1:	Interim Leader of the Alberta Party
Term Start1:	February 10, 2020
Term End1:	August 31, 2021^[1]
Predecessor1:	Stephen Mandel
Successor1:	Barry Morishita
Office2:	Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville
Term Start2:	April 23, 2012
Term End2:	May 4, 2015
Predecessor2:	Ed Stelmach
Successor2:	Jessica Littlewood
Office3:	Strathcona County Councillor for Ward 5
Term Start3:	October 26, 2004^[2]
Term End3:	May 2012
Predecessor3:	Bob Weller^[3]
Successor3:	Clinton Alexander^[4]
Office4:	Strathcona County Councillor Ward 5-->
Term Start4:	1995
Term End4:	1998
Predecessor4:	new ward
Successor4:	Bob Weller^[5]
Party:	Alberta Party
Otherparty:	Progressive Conservative (former)
Alma Mater:	University of Alberta^[6]

Jacquie Fenske (born 1955 or 1956) is a Canadian politician, who served as interim leader of the Alberta Party from 2020 to 2021. She served on Strathcona County Council from 1995 to 1998, and again from 2004 to 2012. Fenske then went into provincial politics as a Progressive Conservative, representing the riding of Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville from 2012 to 2015.^[7] In the 2015 provincial election, the seat was won by NDP candidate, Jessica Littlewood.^[8]

Political career

Jacquie Fenske successfully ran for county councillor, in the new Ward 5, in 1995. After a six-year hiatus, she became councillor again for the ward in 2004. Fenske was acclaimed in 2007, and 2010. She unsuccessfully ran for the Conservative Party of Canada nomination for Edmonton—Sherwood Park, prior to the 2008 federal election; Tim Uppal was nominated and won.^[9]

On April 23, 2012, with Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville MLA and former Premier Ed Stelmach retiring, Fenske won the Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville riding for the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party.

In the 2017 municipal elections, Fenske ran in the Mayoral race for Strathcona County. She lost, coming in third with 15.4% of the vote.^[10]

Fenske later joined the Alberta Party,^[11] and on February 10, 2020 she became the Interim leader of the Alberta Party.^[12]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Welcome New Alberta Party Leader Barry Morishita.
2. Web site: Minutes of the Organizational Meeting of the Council. https://web.archive.org/web/20211204015626/http://www.strathcona.ab.ca/files/Files/at-lls-arm-041026-councilmin.pdf. dead. December 4, 2021. Strathcona County. April 23, 2012. November 9, 2004.
3. Web site: Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Council. https://web.archive.org/web/20211124175137/http://www.strathcona.ab.ca/files/Files/at-lls-arm-040928-councilmin.pdf. dead. November 24, 2021. Strathcona County. April 23, 2012. October 26, 2004.
4. Web site: Ward 5 By-election results. June 25, 2012. July 28, 2012.
5. Web site: Past Councils. Strathcona County. April 23, 2012. February 23, 2010.
6. Web site: Ward 5, Councillor Jacquie Fenske. Strathcona County. April 23, 2012. December 21, 2011.
7. Web site: Riding profile: Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville . 2015-04-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150508204322/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Riding+profile+Fort+Saskatchewan+Vegreville/11006377/story.html . 2015-05-08 .
8. Web site: Riding results: Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150510020058/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Riding+results+Fort+Saskatchewan+Vegreville/11008698/story.html. 2015-05-10.
9. Web site: Babiak. Todd. April 28, 2011. Old feud continues to divide conservatives in Sherwood Park. 2021-03-28. edmontonjournal. en-CA.
10. Web site: 2017 Election Results. 2020-08-27. Strathcona County. en.
11. News: Bellefontaine. Michelle. Nov 18, 2017. Former PC cabinet ministers, MLAs spotted at Alberta Party AGM. CBC News. August 27, 2020.
12. Web site: February 10, 2020. Acting Leader Appointed - Welcome Jacquie Fenske. 2020-08-27. Alberta Party. en.