Английская Википедия:Barry Morishita

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Barry Morishita is a Canadian politician who served as the leader of the Alberta Party from 2021 to 2023.[1][2] He previously served on the city council of Brooks in 1998 and became the city's mayor in 2016.[3]

Background

Morishita's father, born in 1945 in Tashme Internment Camp, moved to Brooks at the end of World War Two where Barry would eventually be born.[4]

He graduated Rosemary High School in 1983.[4]

In 1986, he married his wife, Jeanne.

Before his entry into politics he owned and operated an auto part store along with some business partners.[4]

Political career

Morishita was first elected in Brooks city council in 1998 at the age of thirty.[3] He was elected Mayor of Brooks in 2016 [5] and president of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association in 2017.[6] In September 2021, he stepped down from both roles to become leader of the Alberta Party after the resignation of former party leader Stephen Mandel.[7] He ran in a by-election for the southern Alberta seat of Brooks-Medicine Hat on November 8, 2022 but lost to the UCP candidate, Alberta premier Danielle Smith.[8][9][10]

On October 15, 2023, Morishita resigned as leader of the Alberta Party.[11]

Electoral record

2023 general election

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2022 by-election

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2001 general election

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References

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