monarch children birth_date signature term_end alma_mater profession term_start spouse image caption predecessor birth_place party office lieutenant_governor successor premier article_title birth_name
elizabeth ii sarah -lrb- b. 2002 -rrb- 7 march 1965 alison redford signature.svg march 18 , 2011 august 6 , 2014 23 , 2014 march 23 , 2014 february university of saskatchewan lawyer october 13 , 2008 march 3 , 2008 7 , 2011 october 2 , 2011 march glen jermyn robert hawkes -lrb- 1986-1991 -rrb- alison redford 2012.jpg redford at a 2012 campaign rally ed stelmach ed stelmach ron stevens craig cheffins kitimat , british columbia progressive conservative 14th association of alberta minister of justice and attorney general of premier alberta member of the legislative assembly of alberta for calgary-elbow of alberta leader of the progressive conservative donald ethell dave hancock dave hancock verlyn olson gordon dirks ed stelmach alison redford
 alison merrilla redford
alison redford

alison merrilla redford , -lrb- born march 7 , 1965 -rrb- is a canadian lawyer and former politician .
she was the 14th premier of alberta , canada , having served in this capacity from october 7 , 2011 , to march 23 , 2014 .
redford was born in kitimat , british columbia and grew up all over canada and overseas before settling in calgary as a teenager .
in the 2008 provincial election , redford was elected as the member of the legislative assembly -lrb- mla -rrb- for the district of calgary-elbow .
she served in the cabinet of ed stelmach as the minister of justice and attorney general .
redford became premier upon winning the leadership of the progressive conservative association of alberta , and on april 23 , 2012 , she led her party to victory in the 2012 provincial election .
redford is the first female premier in the province 's history and the eighth woman to serve as a premier in the history of canada .
of the alberta premiers with an elected mandate , her term in office was the shortest .
on march 19 , 2014 , redford announced that she would resign as premier of alberta effective march 23 , 2014 .
she was succeeded by deputy premier dave hancock on an interim basis .
she announced her resignation as an mla on august 6 , 2014 .
