Frederick Lindsay ECA (born March 12, 1946) is a politician and was a provincial Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Alberta, Canada.

Political involvement

Lindsay has been a longtime Progressive Conservative, having served on the Stony Plain board of directors for the last 25 years. He sought election after longtime member Stan Woloshyn retired from the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in 2004.

Lindsay was elected to his first term as the Progressive Conservative member for Stony Plain provincial electoral district in the 2004 Alberta general election. He was re-elected to a second term in the 2008 election.

On December 14, 2006, Lindsay was appointed to the cabinet as Solicitor General and Minister of Public Security, when Ed Stelmach became Premier. He served in the job until January 13, 2010.

Electoral record

2004 Alberta general election

vte2004 Alberta general election: Stony Plain
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeFred Lindsay5,58144.51%-22.69%
LiberalBill Fraser3,38126.97%3.38%
Alberta AllianceMarilyn Burns1,90415.19%
New DemocraticRuth Yanor1,36210.86%1.65%
Social CreditHenry Neumann3102.47%
Total12,538
Rejected, spoiled and declined44
Eligible electors / turnout26,08648.23%-9.71%
Progressive Conservative holdSwing-13.03%
Source(s)Source: . Alberta Heritage Community Foundation.

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Alberta provincial government of Ed Stelmach
Cabinet posts (2)
PredecessorOfficeSuccessor
Harvey CenaikoMinister of Public Security 2006–2010Frank Oberle
Harvey CenaikoSolicitor General 2006–2010Frank Oberle
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Preceded byStan WoloshynMLA Stony Plain 2004-2012Succeeded byTBD