Marie Renaud

Marie Renaud (born 1964 or 1965) is a Canadian politician who was first elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of St. Albert and was re-elected in the 2019 and 2023 Alberta general elections.^[1][2][3]

Marie Renaud MLA
Critic, Community and Social Services; and Francophone Issues
Incumbent
Assumed office May 13, 2019
Leader	Rachel Notley
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for St. Albert
Incumbent
Assumed office May 5, 2015
Preceded by	Stephen Khan
Personal details
Born	1964 or 1965 (age 60–61) Quebec, Canada
Political party	Alberta New Democratic Party
Residence(s)	Edmonton, Alberta
Alma mater	University of Alberta MacEwan University
Occupation	executive

Personal life

Renaud holds a university certificate in counselling women from the Women's and Gender studies department at the University of Alberta, and a diploma in Community Disability Studies from MacEwan University.^[1]

Renaud has sat on various boards, including Handicapped Housing Society of Alberta, Alberta Avenue Business Revitalization Zone and Norwood Neighborhood Association. She has also served on various committees, including the Rehabilitation Practitioner Advisory Committee for MacEwan University and the St. Albert Accessible Transportation Advisory Committee.^[1]

Before being elected, Renaud worked at the Women's Economic and Business Solutions Society and seven years as an instructor at MacEwan University. Renaud also worked for Lo-Se-Ca Foundation as the Executive Director for almost 15 years.^[1]

Electoral history

2023 general election

v t e 2023 Alberta general election: St. Albert
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Marie Renaud	15,021	58.50	+12.29
	United Conservative	Angela Wood	10,200	39.73	-0.29
	Green	Cameron Jefferies	455	1.77	+0.91
Total			25,676	99.38	–
Rejected and declined			161	0.62
Turnout			25,837	66.40
Eligible voters			38,909
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+6.29
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta[4]

2019 general election

v t e 2019 Alberta general election: St. Albert
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Marie Renaud	12,336	46.2%	-7.7%
	United Conservative	Jeff Wedman	10,682	40.0%	-0.6%
	Alberta Party	Barry Bailey	2,817	10.6%	+8.4%
	Liberal	Kevin McLean	317	1.2%	-2.2%
	Green	Cameron Jefferies	229	0.9%	--
	Independence	Sheldon Gron	172	0.6%	--
	Alberta Advantage	Donald Petruka	139	0.5%	--
Total valid votes			26,692
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			108	55	8
Registered electors and turnout			38,353	69.9%
	New Democratic hold		Swing		%
Source(s) "2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2019-04-30.

2015 general election

v t e 2015 Alberta general election: St. Albert
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Marie Renaud	12,219	53.9
	Progressive Conservative	Stephen Khan	6,343	28.0
	Wildrose	Shelley Biermanski	2,854	12.6
	Liberal	Bill Alton	778	3.4
	Alberta Party	Trevor Love	492	2.2