Stephen Randall (political scientist)

Stephen James Randall, FRSC is a history professor at the University of Calgary, director of the University of Calgary's Latin America Research Centre, author, academic, civil-right advocate, oil policy expert, and more recently a progressive political activist.

Stephen Randall

FRSC
Personal details
BornToronto, Ontario
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
ProfessionProfessor

Academic

Randall's scholarship has focused on oil policy, Canada-United States relations, and inter-American relations.

Personal

Randall was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1944. He and his wife, Dr. M. Anne Katzenberg, live in Charleswood Heights in Calgary, Alberta.

Human Rights, Civil Liberties

He founded the Rocky Mountain Civil Liberties association as its first president. Working for the United Nations, the Carter Presidential Centre and the Organization of American States, Stephen ensures elections are run fairly, builds communities and helps people in developing countries find a way out of poverty. He has worked on elections in Cambodia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, El Salvador and Jamaica over the past twenty years.

Honours

Randall is a fellow of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute and an elected member of the Royal Society of Canada.[1][2][3][4]

Political activism

On January 7, 2011, Randall was nominated as the Liberal Party of Canada candidate in Calgary Centre-North for the 41st Canadian federal election.[5]

Electoral record
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeMichelle Rempel28,44356.53±0.00$82,363.77
New DemocraticPaul Vargis8,04815.99+0.67$15,914.50
LiberalStephen Randall7,04614.00+2.23$55,742.32
GreenHeather MacIntosh6,57813.07-2.22$42,457.33
Marxist–LeninistPeggy Askin2030.40+0.02$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 50,318 100.00  $
Total rejected ballots 200 0.40–
Turnout 50,518 60.55–
Eligible voters 83,431––

Selected publications

John Herd Thompson; Stephen J Randall (1994) Canada and the United States : ambivalent allies, Athens : University of Georgia Press[6][7][8][9][10][11]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2011-04-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) University of Calgary: Stephen Randall (Accessed April 2011)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2011-04-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Royal Society of Canada: Stephan Randall (Accessed April 2011)
  3. http://www.onlinecic.org/calendar/haitithecontinuingchallengeofafailedstate Canadian International Council:Haiti: The Continuing Challenge of a Failed State (Accessed April 2011)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2011-04-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Canadian Defense and Foreign Affairs Institute (Accessed April 2011)
  5. "Liberals name candidate for Calgary Centre-North". CBC News. January 7, 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  6. Gordon T Stewart (1996) Canada and the United States: Ambivalent Allies by John Herd Thompson; Stephen J Randall; The American historical review. 101, no. 2,: 456
  7. Scott W See (1995) Review of Canada and the United States: Ambivalent Allies by John Herd Thompson; Stephen J Randall, The Journal of American History, Dec., vol. 82, no. 3, p. 1278-1279
  8. David C Hendrickson (1995) Review of Canada and the United States: Ambivalent Allies by ; John Herd Thompson; Stephen J Randall, Foreign Affairs, May - Jun., 1995, vol. 74, no. 3, p. 176-176
  9. George Feaver (1995) Canada and the United States - Ambivalent allies by John Herd Thompson; Stephen J Randall, TLS, the Times literary supplement. no. 4814, : 25
  10. Richard D Challener (1996) Review of Canada and the United States: Ambivalent Allies by John Herd Thompson; Stephen J Randall, Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, Mar., vol. 25, no. 2, p. 218-220
  11. Jeffrey Ling (1996) Review of Canada and the United States: Ambivalent Allies by John Herd Thompson; Stephen J Randall, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Sep., vol. 29, no. 3, p. 590-591
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