Gerry Gibeault

Gerry Gibeault is a former librarian and former provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 to 1993. Gibeault is a current Public School Trustee in Edmonton, Alberta and has served in that role since 1995.

Early life

Gibeault graduated post secondary education at the University of Alberta when he attained a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. He became a librarian for the Edmonton Catholic School Board, and then Central Alberta Media Services until he was elected to the Alberta Legislature in 1986. .cite web|url=http://trustees.epsb.ca/GerryGibeault.html|title=Gerry Gibeault Ward I|publisher=Edmonton Public School Board|accessdate=2008-05-18]

Provincial political career

Gibeault ran as a candidate for the New Democrats in the Edmonton Mill Woods electoral district for the 1982 Alberta general election. He was defeated by incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA Milt Pahl who won a landslide.cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1982&Constit=Edmonton-Mill_Woods|title=Edmonton-Mill Woods election results 1982|publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation|accessdate=2008-05-18] Gibeault and Pahl would face each other again in the 1986 Alberta general election, with Gibeault defeating Pahl. Pahl's popular support dropped significantly falling by 6000 votes, while Gibeault also lost votes from the 1982 election. cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1986&Constit=Edmonton-Mill_Woods|title=Edmonton-Mill Woods election results 1986|publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation|accessdate=2008-05-18] Gibeault improved his margin of victory running for a second term in the 1989 Alberta general election.cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1989&Constit=Edmonton-Mill_Woods|title=Edmonton-Mill Woods election results 1989|publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation|accessdate=2008-05-18] He was defeated in the 1993 election along with the entire New Democrat caucus.

Municipal politics

Gibeault ran as a public school trustee in the 1995 Edmonton municipal election. He won his first term in office taking 45% of the popular vote and defeating two other candidates in Ward I. He was re-elected in the 1998 Edmonton municipal election defeating David Fletcher in a two way race. He improved his popular vote taking 54%. He ran for a third term in office in the 2001 Edmonton municipal election. There were four challengers running against him that year. He dropped in popular vote share but he still managed to win with 36% of the vote. Gibeaults bid for a fourth term in the 2004 Edmonton municipal election defeating Judith Axelson. Axelson and Gibeault would run against each other in the 2007 Edmonton municipal election with Gibeault winning by less then 100 votes.

References

External links

* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]