MLA Naheed Nenshi
New Democrat Party, Edmonton-Strathcona, AB
Bio
CLC rating: Pro-abortion, anti-parental rights
Rating Comments: In June 2025, radicial pro-abortion and pro-LGBT ideologue Naheed Nenshi won the provincial by-election in the riding of Edmonton-Strathcona, taking a seat in the Alberta Legislature for the first time since becoming leader of the socialist NDP in June of 2024, when he replaced resigning party leader and disastrous former premier Rachel Notley.
As Mayor of Calgary from 2010 to 2021, Mr. Nenshi had a truly appalling anti-life-and-family voting record. On October 6, 2020, then-Mayor Nenshi voted to stifle free speech, including that of pro-lifers, by supporting a Motion to banish advocacy of any kind from the vicinity of school property, reducing the allowable size of signage to absurdly small dimensions, and imposing punishing fines for breaching the no-free-speech Bubble Zones.
Only months before, on May 25, 2020, Nenshi voted to pass a tyrannical ban on so-called "conversion therapy", thereby robbing Calgarians of their human right to freely seek therapy and council to overcome unwanted homoerotic and transsexualist fixations.
Previously, on February 3, 2020, Nenshi joined Calgary City Councillors to unanimously pass a motion to draft the bylaw banning this beneficial and effective practice within the city boundaries. The bylaw bans psychologists, psychiatrists, therapists, priests and pastors from providing counselling support to patients who request assistance with unwanted same-sex attraction and gender identity confusion. It will also inevitably lead to the de-facto criminalization of key Christian teachings on human sexuality, predictably including public prayer and evangelization to call homosexuals out of a sinful lifestyle. As Mayor of Calgary, Nenshi was one of the most outspoken promoters of this totalitarian ban.
In 2011, Nenshi became the first mayor of Calgary to participate as the so-called "grand marshal" of the infamous Calgary LGBT "Pride" parade. During the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Russia, he used Calgary City Hall as a platform to promote LGBT hegemony by flying the notorious "rainbow" flag - a deliberate act of defiance against Russia's sane and prudent policy to protect Russian society against LGBT propaganda.
As Mayor of Calgary from 2010 to 2021, Mr. Nenshi had a truly appalling anti-life-and-family voting record. On October 6, 2020, then-Mayor Nenshi voted to stifle free speech, including that of pro-lifers, by supporting a Motion to banish advocacy of any kind from the vicinity of school property, reducing the allowable size of signage to absurdly small dimensions, and imposing punishing fines for breaching the no-free-speech Bubble Zones.
Only months before, on May 25, 2020, Nenshi voted to pass a tyrannical ban on so-called "conversion therapy", thereby robbing Calgarians of their human right to freely seek therapy and council to overcome unwanted homoerotic and transsexualist fixations.
Previously, on February 3, 2020, Nenshi joined Calgary City Councillors to unanimously pass a motion to draft the bylaw banning this beneficial and effective practice within the city boundaries. The bylaw bans psychologists, psychiatrists, therapists, priests and pastors from providing counselling support to patients who request assistance with unwanted same-sex attraction and gender identity confusion. It will also inevitably lead to the de-facto criminalization of key Christian teachings on human sexuality, predictably including public prayer and evangelization to call homosexuals out of a sinful lifestyle. As Mayor of Calgary, Nenshi was one of the most outspoken promoters of this totalitarian ban.
In 2011, Nenshi became the first mayor of Calgary to participate as the so-called "grand marshal" of the infamous Calgary LGBT "Pride" parade. During the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Russia, he used Calgary City Hall as a platform to promote LGBT hegemony by flying the notorious "rainbow" flag - a deliberate act of defiance against Russia's sane and prudent policy to protect Russian society against LGBT propaganda.
Position: Leader of the NDP
First elected (yyyy.mm.dd): 2025.06.23
Percentage in last election: 82.3% (2025 by-election)
Victory margin last election: 68.7% (2025 by-election)
Religion / Faith: unknown
Contact
Parliamentary Office
Edmonton, Alberta
Constituency Offices
Edmonton, Alberta
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Here is Naheed Nenshi's voting record relating to life and family issues:
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Here are the answers for the questionnaire as provided by Naheed Nenshi on 2025.
| Question | Response |
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| Do you acknowledge that human life begins at conception (fertilization)? | -- |
| Are there any circumstances under which you believe a woman should have access to abortion? (note: a surgical or medical intervention, designed to prevent the death of the mother but but which results in the unintended and undesired death of the pre-born child, is not an abortion. e.g. in cases of tubal pregnancy or cervical cancer) | all circumstances (as per party policy) |
| Will you support measures to stop funding abortions with taxpayers' money in Alberta? | no (as per party policy) |
| Do you agree women have the right to be thoroughly informed about the serious health consequences of abortion, the development of the child in the womb and the alternatives to abortion? | -- |
| Will you protect the rights of parents to educate their children according to their faith in matters of moral principles and beliefs concerning abortion, contraception and homosexuality? | no (as per party policy) |
| Will you oppose euthanasia and instead support measures to promote “palliative care”, the purpose of which is to alleviate pain, and enhance the quality of life for terminally ill patients and those with disabilities? *Euthanasia is the direct and intentional killing of a person by action or omission, with or without that person’s consent, for what people mistakenly believe are compassionate reasons. | -- |
| Will you support legislation to protect the right of health care workers who refuse to participate in procedures which are in violation of their religious or conscientious beliefs? | no (as per party policy) |
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