April ChiefCalf
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| residence = Saskatoon
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| assembly = Saskatchewan Legislative
| constituency_AM = Saskatoon Westview
| term_start = October 28, 2024
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| predecessor = David Buckingham
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| office1 = Shadow Minister of Housing
| predecessor1 = Meara Conway
| termstart1 = November 13, 2024
| party = Saskatchewan NDP
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April ChiefCalf is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2024 general election, representing Saskatoon Westview as a member of the New Democratic Party.{{cite news |title=Saskatchewan election results: Live numbers from the 2024 vote {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10801630/saskatchewan-election-results-live-numbers-from-the-2024-vote/ |access-date=29 October 2024 |work=Global News}}{{cite news |title=Saskatoon Westview goes to Sask. NDP after second count |url=https://www.ckom.com/2024/10/30/saskatoon-westview-gets-taken-by-ndp-after-2nd-count/ |access-date=1 November 2024 |work=650 CKOM |date=30 October 2024 |language=en}}
Career
ChiefCalf grew up in Regina.{{cite web |author= |date=2025 |title=April ChiefCalf |url=https://briarpatchmagazine.com/contributors/view/chiefcalf-april |website=briarpatchmagazine.com |publisher=Briarpatch Magazine |access-date=2025-03-28}} Before entering politics, she spent nineteen years in La Ronge training teachers. After the Northern Teacher Education Program was defunded in 2017, she moved to Saskatoon to work at the University of Saskatchewan.{{cite news |last=Perez |first=Jon |date=2024-11-14 |title=ChiefCalf all set for new role at Legislature |url=https://www.sasktoday.ca/north/saskatoon/chiefcalf-all-set-for-new-role-at-legislature-9799460 |publisher=Sask Today |access-date=2025-03-28}}{{cite news |last=ChiefCalf |first=April |date=2017-03-19 |title=Why We Can't Have Nice Things |url=https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/why-we-cant-have-nice-things |publisher=Briarpatch Magazine |access-date=2025-03-28}}
Electoral record
{{Canadian election result/top|SK|2024|Saskatoon Westview|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|SK|NDP|April ChiefCalf|3,576|49.56|+8.60}}
{{CANelec|SK|Saskatchewan|David Buckingham|3,502|48.53|–5.76}}
{{CANelec|SK|Green|Jupiter Neault|138|1.91|–0.97}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|7,216|98.90|–0.36}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|88|1.20|+0.36}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|7,304||}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|–}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Saskatchewan}}
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References
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Category:Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MLAs
Category:Politicians from Saskatoon
Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
Category:Women MLAs in Saskatchewan
Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians
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