Quick Facts
Biography
Brian Lawrence Malkinson (born 1985) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Calgary-Currie. In 2018, he accepted the position of Minister of Service Alberta. He was defeated in his re-election bid in the 2019 Alberta general election by 191 votes to Nicholas Milliken.
Education
Brian has a Bachelor of Science (programming) from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, where he also served as president and vice-president of the Interactive Arts and Technology Student Union.
29th Alberta Legislature
Legislative Committees
Malkinson currently serves as deputy chair of the Select Special Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner Search Committee and the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices. He also serves as a member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and the Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship. Malkinson previously served as a member of the Standing Committee on Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund.
Electoral history
2019 general election
| 2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-Currie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Nicholas Milliken | 9,960 | 43.7% | -1.29% | ||||
| New Democratic | Brian Malkinson | 9,769 | 42.9% | +3.08% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Lindsay Luhnau | 2,512 | 11% | +5.58% | ||||
| Liberal | Joshua Codd | 491 | 2.2% | -5.57% | ||||
| Pro-Life | Lucas C. Hernandez | 60 | 0.3% | New | ||||
| Total valid votes | 22,792 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 284 | |||||||
| Registered electors | 37,535 | |||||||
| Turnout | 23,076 | 61.48% | +11.38 | |||||
| United Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | -1.89 | ||||||
Source(s) "2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2019-04-30. | ||||||||
2015 general election
| 2015 Alberta general election: Calgary-Currie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Brian Malkinson | 7,387 | 39.82 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Christine Cusanelli | 4,577 | 24.67 | |||||
| Wildrose | Terry DeVries | 3,769 | 20.32 | |||||
| Liberal | Shelley Wark-Martyn | 1,441 | 7.77 | |||||
| Alberta Party | Tony Norman | 1,006 | 5.42 | |||||
| Green | Nelson Berlin | 373 | 2.01 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 18,553 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 137 | |||||||
| Turnout | 18,690 | 50.1 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 37,342 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Alberta | ||||||||
2014 by-election
| Alberta provincial by-election, October 27, 2014: Calgary-West Resignation of Ken Hughes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Ellis | 4,843 | 44.44 | −5.51 | ||||
| Wildrose | Sheila Taylor | 4,528 | 41.55 | +4.22 | ||||
| Liberal | David Khan | 926 | 8.50 | +1.04 | ||||
| New Democratic | Brian Malkinson | 336 | 3.08 | +0.07 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Troy Millington | 265 | 2.43 | +1.46 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | - | ||||||
| Elections Alberta | ||||||||
2012 general election
| 2012 Alberta general election: Calgary-North West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sandra Jansen | 7,683 | 51.76% | |||||
| Wildrose | Chris Challis | 5,454 | 36.74% | |||||
| Liberal | Robert Prcic | 992 | 6.68% | |||||
| New Democratic | Brian Malkinson | 471 | 3.17% | |||||
| Evergreen | Bryan Hunt | 140 | 0.94% | |||||
| Alberta Party | Troy Millington | 103 | 0.69% | |||||
