Nelson Mandela and Alison Redford

Alison Redford: Two and a half years later, it was the former South African leader's memorial service that may have triggered the beginning of her political undoing, according to Huffington Post. Landing up as the leader of oil-rich Alberta may have been in the cards for Redford, who was born in Kitimat, B.C., on March 7, 1965, to a father who worked for drilling companies and When she came to power as Alberta's 14th premier in 2011, Alison Redford credited Nelson Mandela with giving her her political chops. Redford announced her resignation Wednesday amid caucus unrest over her leadership style and the $45,000 she spent to attend the Mandela funeral in South Africa last year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.