Bob Turner (Canadian politician)

Doctor
Bob Turner
MLA
Turner in May 2015
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Whitemud
Assumed office
May 5, 2015
Preceded by Stephen Mandel
Personal details
Born Andrew Robert Turner
(1948-06-23) June 23, 1948
Brandon, Manitoba
Political party Alberta New Democratic Party
Residence Edmonton, Alberta
Occupation Medical doctor, professor

Andrew Robert "Bob" Turner (born June 23, 1948) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the Alberta general election, 2015 to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Edmonton-Whitemud.[1] He won his seat with 12,803 votes, defeating incumbent Health Minister and former Mayor of Edmonton, Stephen Mandel by 5,622 votes, or around 57% of the vote to Mandel's 32%. Mandel had previously beaten Turner in an October, 2014 by-election after Mandel was appointed as an unelected minister by then-Premier Jim Prentice.[2][3]

Political career

Turner currently serves as a member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and as a member on the Standing Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund. Previously he served as Chair of the Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing.[4]

Turner has been a supporter of issues such as LGBTQ2S+ rights, he replaced a rainbow flag that was cut down from Lillian Osborne High School in June 2017.[5]

Medical Career

Turner is a hematologist/oncologist at the University of Alberta Hospital and Cross Cancer Institute and is Professor of Medicine and Oncology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He also serves Stanton Medical Clinic in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. He is a graduate of McGill University medical school and has training in Internal Medicine from Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, Quebec and Hematology and Medical Oncology from the University of Pittsburgh.[6] He continues to practice medicine, with a special interest in blood disorders such as acute and chronic leukemias, lymphomas, myelodysplastic syndromes, myeloproliferative neoplasms, mast cell diseases and stem cell transplantation.[7] In the past, Turner was the Medical Director of the Canadian Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service Center in Edmonton and Director of the Division of Clinical Hematology of the University of Alberta. In 2007 he was selected as the Physician of the Year by the Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association.

Electoral history

2014 by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, October 27, 2014: Edmonton-Whitemud
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeStephen Mandel6,00342.39-17.85
New DemocraticBob Turner3,15022.2413.24
WildroseTim Grover2,68018.922.72
LiberalDonna Wilson2,03314.352.39
Alberta PartyWill Munsey2021.43-0.92
GreenRené Malenfant950.67
Total valid votes 14,163
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -15.54
Elections Alberta.[8]

2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015: Edmonton-Whitemud
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticBob Turner12,80557.45%+35.21%
Progressive ConservativeStephen Mandel7,17732.20%-10.19%
WildroseChad Peters1,4236.38%-12.94
LiberalSteven Townsend6292.82%-11.53
GreenKathryn Jackson1820.82%+0.15%
IndependentJohn Baloun730.33%
Total 22,289
Rejected, spoiled and declined 113
Eligible electors / Turnout 37,01860.4%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +22.70%

References

  1. ↑ "Riding results: Edmonton-Whitemud". www.edmontonjournal.com.
  2. ↑ "Riding results: Edmonton-Whitemud". www.edmontonjournal.com.
  3. ↑ "Health Minister Stephen Mandel dethroned in Edmonton Whitemud". Metro.
  4. ↑ "Legislative Assembly of Alberta". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  5. ↑ "Rainbow flag cut down on Pride day at Edmonton high school | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  6. ↑ "Robert Turner - Department of Medicine - University of Alberta". ualberta.ca.
  7. ↑ "Medical Oncology". ualberta.ca.
  8. ↑ "Report on the October 27, 2014 By-elections" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
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