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Rachel Anne Notley (born April 17, 1964) is a Canadian politician and the 17th and current Premier of Alberta, since 2015. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Strathcona, and leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party. The daughter of former Alberta NDP leader Grant Notley, Notley's career before politics focused on labour law, with a specialty in workers' compensation advocacy and workplace health and safety issues. Notley was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2008 provincial election, succeeding former NDP leader Raj Pannu. Six years later on October 18, 2014, Notley won the Alberta New Democrat leadership election on the first ballot with 70% of the vote and went on to lead the party to a majority victory in the 2015 provincial election. Notley leads the first NDP government in the history of the province and is the first non-Progressive Conservative Premier of Alberta since Harry Strom of the Social Credit Party, who served until 1971. == Background == Notley was born on April 17, 1964〔https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_27/session_1/20080417_1330_01_han.pdf〕〔Legislative Assembly of Alberta Library〕 in Edmonton, Alberta, and was raised in the town of Fairview, Alberta, the daughter of Sandra Mary "Sandy" Wilkinson and Alberta NDP Leader and MLA Grant Notley.〔(Legislative Assembly of Alberta )〕〔https://hermis.alberta.ca/PAA/Details.aspx?st=%22Legislative+Assembly%22&cp=20&sort=department&ReturnUrl=%2FPAA%2FSearch.aspx%3Fst%3D%2522Legislative%2BAssembly%2522%26cp%3D20%26sort%3Ddepartment&dv=True&DeptID=1&ObjectID=PR1560〕 She is the sister of Paul Notley and Stephen Notley, author and illustrator of ''Bob the Angry Flower''.〔 Her mother, a devout Anglican, 〔 was born in Concord, Massachusetts〔()〕 and moved to Alberta as an adult. Notley was reportedly "largely unimpressed" by Tommy Douglas when he visited their home and is said to have dissed Ed Broadbent as an adolescent. While at an Alberta NDP public meeting in Grande Prairie discussing poverty and student debt, she publicly challenged her own father, asking for his advice as a poor student whose parents made too much money for her to get a loan while at the same time being too cheap to give her enough money to buy food. Her infuriated father waited until the meeting was over to give her a lone twenty dollar bill to tide her over until the end of the month.〔 Notley credits her mother Sandy with getting her involved in activism,〔 taking Notley to an anti-war demonstration before she was even ten years old. She remained unsure about whether or not to enter public office until she was in her 30s.〔 Alongside her own family background, Notley has also cited her high school social studies teacher Jim Clevette as having made a lasting impact when it comes to her interest in politics. She has also claimed Jack Layton as being a personal hero.〔 Notley was a twenty year old undergraduate at the University of Alberta when her father died on October 19, 1984. After attending a large party she received a call at four in the morning from Tom Sigurdson, her father's executive assistant, stating that there had been a plane crash and that she should return home.〔 This was not the first accident her father had been in; as part of his frequent trips across the province he had already been in several other plane accidents as well as an automobile collision with an elk.〔 Fellow NDP MLA and future Alberta NDP leader Ray Martin later called to confirm to Notley that her father was indeed dead. It was then left up to Notley to inform her mother of the news.〔 A day after her election as Alberta NDP leader, she would lead the 30th anniversary memorial of her father's death. Notley earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science at the University of Alberta, and a law degree at Osgoode Hall Law School. While at Osgoode Hall she became active in the 1989 Federal NDP leadership convention where she endorsed second-place finisher and former B.C. Premier Dave Barrett.〔 She is married to Lou Arab, a Communications Representative for the Canadian Union of Public Employees〔 and a campaign strategist for the party. She lives with him and their two children in the historic district of Old Strathcona located in south-central Edmonton. Notley is a cyclist, jogger,〔 and skier,〔 as well as a reformed smoker.〔 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「Rachel Notley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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