Barry Morishita Explained

Barry Morishita
Office:Leader of the Alberta Party
Termstart:September 1, 2021
Term End:October 15, 2023
Predecessor:Jacquie Fenske (interim)
Office1:Mayor of Brooks
Term Start1:2016
Term End1:2021
Predecessor1:Martin Shields
Successor1:John Petrie
Office2:President of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Term Start2:2017
Term End2:2021
Successor2:Angela Duncan (interim)
Office3:Brooks City Councilor
Term Start3:1998
Term End3:2003
Term Start4:2010
Term End4:2015
Birth Place:Brooks, Alberta, Canada
Party:Alberta Party
Otherparty:Alberta Liberal Party (2001)
Alma Mater:Rosemary High School
Spouse:Jeanne Morishita
Children:2

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.

Background

Morishita's father was born in 1945 at the Tashme Incarceration Camp, where his family had been interred during World War II. He moved to Brooks at the end of the war, where Morishita was born.[3]

He graduated Rosemary High School in 1983.

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.

Political career

Morishita was first elected in Brooks city council in 1998 at the age of thirty.[4] 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

2001 general election

Notes and References

  1. Web site: We Have a New Leader. 2021-11-06. Alberta Party. en. 2021-11-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20211106045725/https://www.albertaparty.ca/leadership-race-announcement. live.
  2. Web site: Barry Morishita steps down as AM president to run for Alberta Party leader. 2021-11-06. edmontonjournal. en-CA. 2021-11-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20211105225238/https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/barry-morishita-steps-down-as-auma-president-to-run-for-alberta-party-leader. live.
  3. Web site: 2021-09-28. Morishita always wanted to serve his community, now province Alberta prairiepost.com. 2021-11-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20210928203521/https://prairiepost.com/alberta/morishita-always-wanted-to-serve-his-community-now-province/article_1c3523c0-1bee-11ec-bed3-fba9decce43d.html . 2021-09-28 .
  4. Web site: Making the Alberta Party relevant is Barry Morishita's new job – daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics. 10 September 2021 . 2021-11-06. en-US. 2021-11-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20211105182318/https://daveberta.ca/2021/09/making-the-alberta-party-relevant-is-barry-morshitas-new-job/. live.
  5. Web site: Brooks voters choose new mayor in byelection. 2021-11-06. calgaryherald. en-CA. 2021-11-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20211106055539/https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/brooks-voters-choose-new-mayor-in-byelection. live.
  6. Web site: 2019 Board Elections Alberta Urban Municipalities Association . 2023-03-04 . 2023-01-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230128003507/https://www.abmunis.ca/sites/default/files/Events/Convention2019/2019_board_elections_with_bios.pdf . live .
  7. Web site: Former Brooks mayor Barry Morishita new leader of Alberta Party Globalnews.ca. 2021-11-06. Global News. en-US. 2023-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20230304090900/https://globalnews.ca/news/8158363/alberta-party-new-leader-barry-morishita/. live.
  8. News: Danielle Smith will run in Brooks-Medicine Hat byelection. Sarah Moore. CBC News. 8 October 2022. 11 December 2022. 3 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221103210057/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-byelection-michaela-frey-1.6611150. live.
  9. Web site: Bennett . Dean . November 8, 2022 . Danielle Smith captures victory in Brooks-Medicine Hat byelection . CBC News . December 11, 2022 . December 10, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221210203951/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-byelection-brooks-medicine-hat-alberta-1.6643590 . live .
  10. News: Herring . Jason . 2022-11-09 . Premier Danielle Smith wins byelection that gives her seat in Alberta legislature . en . National Post . 2022-11-09.
  11. Web site: Sorenson . Les . The Alberta Party Political Association Announces the Resignation of Leader Barry Morishita . Alberta Party . 6 November 2023 . 9 November 2023 . 9 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231109051834/https://www.albertaparty.ca/resignation_of_leader_barry_morishita . live .

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