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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| imagesize = 150px|
| honorific_prefix = The Honourable
| name = Yvonne Fritz
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA|size=100%}}
|caption =
|birth_name=Yvonne Marie Fritz<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadianlatinonewspaper.com/Past%20Editions/2005/MAY_2005.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=September 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021175859/http://www.canadianlatinonewspaper.com/Past%20Editions/2005/MAY_2005.pdf |archive-date=October 21, 2013 }}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|9|17}}
| birth_place = [[Saskatoon]], [[Saskatchewan]], Canada
| residence = [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], Canada
| office = [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta|MLA]] for [[Calgary Cross|Calgary-Cross]]
| term_start = June 15, 1993
| term_end = May 5, 2015
| predecessor = '''New district'''
| successor = [[Ricardo Miranda]]
| party = [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]]
| alma_mater =
| religion =
| spouse = Lanny
| children =
| occupation = [[Registered Nurse]]
| website =
}}

'''Yvonne Marie Fritz''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA}} (born September 17, 1950) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician and former member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]] representing the constituency of [[Calgary-Cross]] as a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]].

She designed the [[flag of Calgary]] along with Gwin Clark.<ref name="ccf3">{{cite book |last1=Baronian |first1=Luc |title=Canadian City Flags: 100 Flags from Abbotsford to Yellowknife |last2=Bedwell |first2=Christopher |last3=Braverman |first3=Doreen |last4=Croft |first4=James |last5=Mainwaring |first5=Scott D. |last6=Purcell |first6=John |last7=Raeside |first7=Rob |last8=Ritzenhein |first8=Mark |last9=Wilkes |first9=Alison |date=2011 |publisher=[[North American Vexillological Association]] |pages=25 }}</ref>

==Early life==

Fritz was born September 17, 1950, in [[Saskatoon]] and is of [[Métis]] heritage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/ward-sutherland-declares-metis-week-a-celebration-of-his-own-roots |title=Ward Sutherland declares Métis Week: a celebration of his own roots}}</ref> Prior to entering politics, she worked as a [[Registered Nurse]] at Calgary General Hospital for 20 years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-08 |title=The Women of Calgary City Council: 1980s |url=https://www.heritagecalgary.ca/heritage-calgary-blog/yyccouncil1980s |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=Heritage Calgary |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Ryan |date=2015-02-04 |title=Long-serving MLA Yvonne Fritz announces retirement |url=https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/long-serving-mla-yvonne-fritz-announces-retirement-1.2220903 |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=CTV News Calgary |language=en}}</ref>

==Political life==

Fritz first sought public office in the 1986 Calgary municipal by-election for Ward 5 and was defeated in a very close race by Jon Havelock but was elected in the 1988 general election as the alderman for Ward 5. She served in that capacity until 1993 when she sought the position of MLA for the new constituency of [[Calgary Cross|Calgary-Cross]]. In the [[1993 Alberta general election]], Fritz was the successful candidate receiving 60% of the vote. In the subsequent elections in [[1997 Alberta general election|1997]] and [[2001 Alberta general election|2001]], she proved successful again, receiving 67% and 75% of the vote respectively. While sitting as a Private Member, she served on the Treasury Board and chaired both the Alberta Multicultural Commission and the Women's Breast Cancer Screening Council. She also sponsored three important Private Members' Bills, including a bill for mandatory bicycle helmet use for children and teenagers.

In the [[2004 Alberta general election|2004 provincial election]], Fritz secured her position as MLA for [[Calgary Cross|Calgary-Cross]] for a fourth time with 58% of the vote. Following the election, she was appointed as Minister for Seniors and Community Supports, a position she held until 2006. That year, Fritz became Chair of the Cabinet Policy Committee for Managing Growth Pressures. In 2007, [[Ed Stelmach|Premier Stelmach]] appointed her as Associate Minister of Affordable Housing and Urban Development. In the [[2008 Alberta general election|2008 provincial election]], Fritz received 57% of the vote. In April 2008, she was sworn in as Minister of the newly created ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

==Personal life==

Fritz is married to Lanny. The couple has two grown children. She has been a resident of the Pineridge community in [[Calgary]] for more than 33 years.<ref name="leg bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_bio&rnumber=04|title=Fritz's Legislative Assembly of Alberta biography}}</ref>

==Election results==
{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="3" align=center|'''[[2008 Alberta general election]] results ([[Calgary Cross|Calgary-Cross]])'''
| colspan="2"|<span style="font-size: 90%;">'''Turnout 27.4%'''</span>
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top" | '''Affiliation'''
| valign="top" |'''Candidate'''
| valign="top" |'''Votes'''
| valign="top" align="right"|'''%'''

{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}}
|[[Alberta Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Yvonne Fritz
|align="right"|4,011
|align="right"|57%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Ron I. Reinhold
|align="right"|1,565
|align="right"|22%
{{CANelec|AB|Wildrose Alliance|Gordon Huth|605|9%}}
{{CANelec|AB|Green|Susan Stratton|394|6%}}
{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row}}
|[[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|Shelina N. Hassanali
|align="right"|477
|align="right"|7%
|-
| colspan="3" align=center|'''[[2004 Alberta general election]] results ([[Calgary Cross|Calgary-Cross]])'''
| colspan="2"|<span style="font-size: 90%;">'''Turnout 29.7%'''</span>
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top" | '''Affiliation'''
| valign="top" |'''Candidate'''
| valign="top" |'''Votes'''
| valign="top" align="right"|'''%'''<br />
{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}}
|[[Alberta Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Yvonne Fritz
|align="right"|3,770
|align="right"|58%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Raleigh Dehaney
|align="right"|1,453
|align="right"|22%
{{CANelec|AB|Alliance|Gordon Huth|646|10%}}
{{CANelec|AB|Green|Ryan Richardson|271|4%}}
{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row}}
|[[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|Jeanie Keebler
|align="right"|393
|align="right"|6%
|-
| colspan="3" align=center|'''[[2001 Alberta general election]] results ([[Calgary Cross|Calgary-Cross]])'''
| colspan="2"|<span style="font-size: 90%;">'''Turnout 41.6%'''</span>
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top" | '''Affiliation'''
| valign="top" |'''Candidate'''
| valign="top" |'''Votes'''
| valign="top" align="right"|'''%'''<br />
{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}}
|[[Alberta Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Yvonne Fritz
|align="right"|6,816
|align="right"|75%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Keith Jones
|align="right"|1,863
|align="right"|20%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row}}
|[[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|Ramiro Mora
|align="right"|441
|align="right"|5%
|-
| colspan="3" align=center|'''[[1997 Alberta general election]] results ([[Calgary Cross|Calgary-Cross]])'''
| colspan="2"|<span style="font-size: 90%;">'''Turnout 40.7%'''</span>
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top" | '''Affiliation'''
| valign="top" |'''Candidate'''
| valign="top" |'''Votes'''
| valign="top" align="right"|'''%'''<br />
{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}}
|[[Alberta Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Yvonne Fritz
|align="right"|5,964
|align="right"|67%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Keith Jones
|align="right"|2,456
|align="right"|28%
{{CANelec|AB|Social Credit|Maurizio Terrigno|467|5%}}
|-
| colspan="3" align=center|'''[[1993 Alberta general election]] results ([[Calgary Cross|Calgary-Cross]])'''
| colspan="2"|<span style="font-size: 90%;">'''Turnout ?%'''</span>
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top" | '''Affiliation'''
| valign="top" |'''Candidate'''
| valign="top" |'''Votes'''
| valign="top" align="right"|'''%'''<br />
{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}}
|[[Alberta Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Yvonne Fritz
|align="right"|6,449
|align="right"|60%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Keith Hart
|align="right"|3,567
|align="right"|33%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row}}
|[[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|Vinay Dey
|align="right"|686
|align="right"|6%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Natural Law|row}}
|Natural Law
|Neeraj Varma
|align="right"|86
|align="right"|1%
|}
{{Alberta provincial election, 2012/Calgary-Cross}}

==References==

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