Deborah Drever
Deborah Drever | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Bow | |
| In office May 5, 2015 – March 19, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Alana DeLong |
| Succeeded by | Demetrios Nicolaides |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 15, 1988 |
| Party | Alberta New Democratic Party (2015, 2016–) |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (2015) |
| Alma mater | Mount Royal University |
| Occupation | student, politician |
Deborah Drever (born August 15, 1988) is a Canadian who was a politician elected in the 2015 general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the electoral district of Calgary-Bow. A sociology student at Mount Royal University in Calgary, she defeated Progressive Conservative challenger Byron Nelson in the May 5, 2015, election in a riding that had historically elected Conservative candidates.
She was elected as a member of the Alberta New Democratic Party, but was sworn in as an independent MLA after being barred from the caucus because of a controversy about her social media activities prior to her candidacy. In 2016, she was readmitted to the NDP caucus.
Deborah Drever ran for re-election in the 2019 Alberta general election, but was defeated by Demetrios Nicolaides of the United Conservative Party, as the UCP gained back all but a handful of seats they had lost in the Calgary area in 2015.