Lizette Tejada | |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Klein |
Term Start: | May 29, 2023 |
Predecessor: | Jeremy Nixon |
Alma Mater: | Toronto Metropolitan University University of Calgary |
Lizette Tejada is a Canadian politician from the Alberta New Democratic Party. She has been the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Klein since the 2023 Alberta general election.[1] As of June 21, 2024, she serves as the Official Opposition critic for Anti-Racism as well as for Diversity and 2SLGBTQ+ Issues.
Tejada was born in Edmonton, Alberta to parents who came to Canada from El Salvador in the 1970s.[2]
Prior to being elected, Tejada worked as a political staffer for Calgary-Mountain View MLA Kathleen Ganley.
Tejada won the hotly-contested race to receive the ANDP's nomination in Calgary-Klein; which featured four other potential candidates.
In the 2023 Alberta general election, Tejada defeated incumbent MLA Jeremy Nixon, a cabinet member in Danielle Smith's UCP government.