About Barry Morishita
Born 1945. Barry Morishita is a politician.
Barry Morishita is a Canadian politician who served as the leader of the Alberta Party from 2021 to 2023. He previously served on the city council of Brooks in 1998 and became the city's mayor in 2016.
He graduated Rosemary High School in 1983. He was elected Mayor of Brooks in 2016 and president of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association in 2017. In September 2021, he stepped down from both roles to become leader of the Alberta Party after the resignation of former party leader Stephen Mandel. He ran in a by-election for the southern Alberta seat of Brooks-Medicine Hat on November 8, 2022 but lost to the UCP candidate, Alberta premier Danielle Smith.
On October 15, 2023, Morishita resigned as leader of the Alberta Party.
Electoral record 2023 general election
2022 by-election
2001 general election
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