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Marlaina Danielle Smith,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://efpublic.elections.ab.ca/efCandidates.cfm?MODE=BROWSE2&EDS=ALL&MID=FC_C_2012&FID=21&CID=953 )〕 (born April 1, 1971) is a former Canadian politician and journalist. Smith served as leader of the Wildrose Party from October 2009 to December 17, 2014 when she resigned to cross the floor and join the governing Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta caucus.〔("9 Wildrose MLAs, including Danielle Smith, cross to Alberta Tories" ). CBC News, December 17, 2014.〕 She represented the riding of Highwood in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. On March 28, 2015, she lost the PC nomination for Highwood to Okotoks Councillor Carrie Fischer.〔()〕 Fischer lost to Wildrose candidate Wayne Anderson. Prior to being elected leader of the Wildrose Party, Smith was the director of provincial affairs for Alberta with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. She has also worked as a journalist in print, radio and television. As leader, Smith was instrumental in the growth of the Wildrose Party, taking a party that lacked official party status to one that formed the Official Opposition within three years. ==Background== Danielle Smith was born in Calgary on April 1, 1971, and is the second of five children. Her paternal great-grandfather was Philipus Kolodnicki, a Ukrainian immigrant whose name was anglicized to "Philip Smith" upon his arrival in Canada in 1915.〔〔 Growing up, her family lived in subsidized housing. Smith attended the University of Calgary and acquired a Bachelor of Arts in English and in economics. While at university she was active with the federal and provincial Progressive Conservatives and won the presidency of the campus PC club. Smith's work in public policy began with a one-year internship with the Fraser Institute. Smith wed her second husband David Moretta, a former executive producer with Sun Media, in 2006. At the age of 27, in 1998, Smith entered politics when she was a candidate for the board of trustees of the Calgary Board of Education. She was successful in the election but in 1999, provincial Minister of Learning Lyle Oberg dismissed the entire board after the chairwoman accused the board of being dysfunctional.〔 Years later, Smith acknowledged she had been far too strident during her tenure as a board trustee and said the experience taught her to be more tolerant of those with whom she disagreed.〔 Subsequently, Smith pursued work as an advocate for ranchers, farmers and other rural land owners with the Alberta Property Rights Initiative and the Canadian Property Rights Research Institute.〔 After her time as a board trustee Smith joined the ''Calgary Herald'' as a columnist with the editorial board. She then went onto to succeed Charles Adler as host of the national current affairs program ''Global Sunday'', a Sunday-afternoon interview show on Global Television. She also hosted two talk radio programs focused on health policy and property rights.〔〔 In 2004, Smith was named one of Calgary's "Top 40 Under 40".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.avenuecalgary.com/articles/page/item/top-40-under-40-alumni )〕 In September 2006, she co-hosted the Calgary Congress, a national assembly of citizens and economic and constitutional specialists to consider basic federal reforms for Canada.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Citizens Centre for Freedom and Democracy )〕 Smith was hired by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business in 2006, becoming provincial director for Alberta. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Danielle Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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