Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse

Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse is a Canadian politician. She was elected in the 2023 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Edmonton-Rutherford, succeeding Richard Feehan. Stonehouse is a member of the Alberta New Democratic Party. She is the first First Nations woman to be elected to the Alberta Legislature, and second Indigenous woman, following Pearl Calahasen elected in 1989.
In 2024, she was candidate for the post of leader of the Alberta NDP.

Early life and education

Calahoo Stonehouse attended the University of Alberta where she earned a Bachelor of Arts from the Faculty of Native Studies, and was completing a master's degree in the Faculty of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology.

Adult life

Stonehouse is Cree and Mohawk and a member of the Michel First Nation where she served on the band council. She has served as executive director of the Yellowhead Indigenous Education Foundation and as a member of the Edmonton Police Commission. In 2021, she campaigned for the position of national chief of the Assembly of First Nations after the retirement of Perry Bellegarde.