Brian Malkinson

Brian Lawrence Malkinson ECA (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.^[1][2] Between 2018 and 2019, he served as the Minister of Service Alberta.^[3] He was defeated in his re-election bid in the 2019 Alberta general election by 191 votes to Nicholas Milliken.^[4]

The Honourable Brian Malkinson ECA
Malkinson in May 2015
Minister of Service Alberta
In office June 18, 2018 – April 30, 2019
Premier	Rachel Notley
Preceded by	Stephanie McLean
Succeeded by	Nate Glubish
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Currie
In office May 5, 2015 – March 19, 2019
Preceded by	Christine Cusanelli
Succeeded by	Nicholas Milliken
Personal details
Born	1985 (age 39–40) British Columbia, Canada
Political party	Alberta New Democratic Party
Residence(s)	Calgary, Alberta
Occupation	Heavy equipment salesman

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 served as deputy chair of the Select Special Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner Search Committee and the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices. He also served 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.^[5]

Electoral history

2019 general election

v t e 2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-Currie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	United Conservative	Nicholas Milliken	9,960	43.70	-0.09	$74,793
	New Democratic	Brian Malkinson	9,769	42.86	+3.60	$60,594
	Alberta Party	Lindsay Luhnau	2,512	11.02	+3.47	$14,604
	Liberal	Joshua Codd	491	2.15	-5.27	$8,132
	Pro-Life	Lucas C. Hernandez	60	0.26	+0.25 [n 1]	$500
Total			22,792	98.77	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			284	1.23	–
Turnout			23,076	66.20
Eligible voters			34,857
	United Conservative notional hold		Swing		-1.84
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta[6][7][8] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

1. Change from the Alberta Social Credit Party, who rebranded to the Pro-Life Alberta Political Association in 2017.

2015 general election

v t e 2015 Alberta general election: Calgary-Currie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Brian Malkinson	7,387	39.82%	34.37%
	Progressive Conservative	Christine Cusanelli	4,577	24.67%	-20.29%
	Wildrose	Terry Devries	3,769	20.31%	-8.57%
	Liberal	Shelley Wark-Martyn	1,441	7.77%	-8.32%
	Alberta Party	Tony Norman	1,006	5.42%	2.17%
	Green	Nelson Berlin	373	2.01%	0.65%
Total			18,553	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			82	48	7
Eligible electors / turnout			37,342	49.92%	-4.56%
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-0.47%
Source(s) Source: "07 - Calgary-Currie, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2014 by-election

v t e Alberta provincial by-election, October 27, 2014: Calgary-West Resignation of Ken Hughes on September 26, 2014
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Ellis	4,836	44.29	−5.56
	Wildrose	Sheila Taylor	4,530	41.58	+4.25
	Liberal	David Khan	927	8.51	+1.05
	New Democratic	Brian Malkinson	337	3.09	+0.08
	Alberta Party	Troy Millington	264	2.42	+1.45
Total			10,894	—	—
Rejected, spoiled and declined			17	7	1
Eligible electors / turnout			30,541	35.73	—
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−
Source(s) Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2015). Report on the October 27, 2014 By-elections in: Calgary-Elbow, Calgary-Foothills, Calgary-West, Edmonton-Whitemud (PDF) (Report). Edmonton: Legislative Assembly of Alberta; Chief Electoral Officer. ISBN 978-098653678-6. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

2012 general election

v t e 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%