Samir Kayande

{{Short description|Canadian politician from Alberta}} {{Use Canadian English|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Samir Kayande | caption = Kayande in 2023 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|1|24}} | birth_place = Fort McMurray, Alberta | death_date = | death_place = | office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Elbow | term_start = May 29, 2023 | term_end = | predecessor = Doug Schweitzer | successor = | party = Alberta New Democratic Party | occupation = Politician, engineer, business consultant, energy analyst, and executive | image = File:Samir Kayande 2023.jpg | honorific_suffix = MLA | alma_mater = University of Alberta<br>Carnegie-Mellon University }}

'''Samir Kayande''' is a Canadian politician from the Alberta New Democratic Party who was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Elbow in the 2023 Alberta general election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alberta election 2023 results: Calgary-Elbow {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9625343/alberta-election-2023-results-calgary-elbow/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}</ref> It was the first time the seat had been won by the NDP.<ref>{{Cite web |last=von Scheel |first=Elise |date=October 24, 2022 |title=Orange is the new blue: How progressive conservatives could help the NDP win power |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-ndp-ucp-election-vote-1.6626885 |website=CBC News}}</ref> He formerly worked as an energy analyst and strategy consultant.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Energy analyst Samir Kayande running for the Alberta NDP nomination in Calgary-Elbow, the riding currently represented by UCP Minister Doug Schweitzer – daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics and Elections |url=https://daveberta.ca/2021/11/energy-analyst-samir-kayande-running-for-the-alberta-ndp-nomination-in-calgary-elbow/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> As of June 21, 2024, he serves as the Official Opposition critic for Finance (Fiscal Responsibility).

== Life and career == He has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alberta, and an MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie-Mellon University.

Before entering politics, Kayande was an engineer, business consultant, energy analyst, and executive. He specialized in the economic analysis of capital assets, including nuclear power plants, wind farms, solar energy, oil sands facilities, and pipelines. In addition, he built software tools that helped institutional investors make investment decisions.

Kayande served on the board of the Pembina Institute from 2021 to 2022.

Kayande is married with two children.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Member Information |url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/members/members-of-the-legislative-assembly/member-information?mid=0968&legl=31 |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=www.assembly.ab.ca}}</ref>

==Electoral history== {{Alberta provincial election, 2023/Calgary-Elbow}}

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