Kyle Fawcett is a Canadian

Canada

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 politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Legislative Assembly of Alberta

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, representing the constituency of Calgary-North Hill as a Progressive Conservative.

Early life

Fawcett earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Calgary

University of Calgary

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 in 2002, with a focus on political science and economics. Prior to his election as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Fawcett worked as a research consultant in support of both private industry and non-profit initiatives and served as a public school board trustee with the Calgary Board of Education

Calgary Board of Education

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.

Political career

Fawcett first sought public office in 2004 for the position of public school board trustee with the Calgary Board of Education (CBE) for wards 5 and 10. At that time, he was the youngest individual to ever hold public office in Alberta. While serving as trustee, Fawcett held the positions of chair for both the audit and policy committees, board liaison to the CBE/ATA liaison committee, and board representative for the ATA collective agreement interpretation committee. He first sought the position of MLA in the 2008 provincial election in the constituency of Calgary-North Hill. In that election, Fawcett received 38% of the vote.
In October 2011 Kyle was appointed as Parliamentary Assistant to Treasury Board & Enterprise by Premier Alison Redford. He also currently serves on the following committees: Treasury Board, Cabinet Policy Committee on Finance, Standing Committee on Finance, and the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. Kyle has also served as chair of the Cabinent Policy Committee on the Economy, and has been a member of the Cabinet Policy Committee on Health, and on the Standing Committee's of Economy, Health, Private Bills, and Member Services.

Personal life

Kyle is married to Ashley and they live in the community of Mount Pleasant.
Fawcett has a passion for sports. He has been an active member of his community, coaching youth baseball and football for 14 seasons. He has also mentored junior and senior high school students in northeast Calgary through the Alberta Mentorship Foundation for Youth program.

Election results

2008 Alberta general election results (Calgary-North Hill)			font style="font-size: 90%;">Turnout 42.1%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Progressive Conservative	Kyle Fawcett	4292	38%	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	Pat Murray	3589	32%	NDP Alberta New Democratic Party The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, which was originally founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...	John Chan	1490	13%	Wildrose Alliance Wildrose Alliance Party of Alberta The Wildrose Party, formerly Wildrose Alliance Party, is a conservative provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. It includes free market conservative, libertarian and socially conservative factions and was formed in 2008 following a merger of the Wildrose Party of Alberta and the Alberta...	Jane Morgan	977	9%	Green Green Party of Alberta The Green Party of Alberta, also known as the Alberta Greens, was a provincial political party in the province of Alberta, Canada.The Alberta Greens were formed in 1986 and received official party status on April 6, 1990...	Kevin Maloney	736	7%	SC	Jim Wright	226	2%
Total			11310	100%