Denise Woollard
Denise Woollard MLA | |
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Woollard in May 2015 | |
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Mill Creek | |
Assumed office May 5, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Gene Zwozdesky |
Personal details | |
Born | 1946/1947 (age 71–72) |
Political party | Alberta New Democratic Party |
Residence | Edmonton, Alberta |
Occupation | university facilitator, teacher, school psychologist |
Denise K. Woollard (born 1946 or 1947) 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-Mill Creek.[1][2] On the May 5, 2015 election, she defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Gene Zwozdesky. The election results saw Alberta NDP sweep the city of Edmonton and win a majority government, the first switch of governing parties in the province since the 1971 election.
Electoral history
2012 general election
Alberta general election, 2012: Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Mike Allen | 3,609 | 48.99 | -14.42 | ||||
Wildrose | Guy Boutilier | 3,164 | 42.95 | |||||
New Democratic | Denise Woollard | 372 | 5.05 | -2.67 | ||||
Liberal | Amy McBain | 222 | 3.01 | -21.66 | ||||
Total valid votes | 7,367 | |||||||
Spoiled, declined, and rejected | 87 | |||||||
Registered electors / Turnout | 21,843 | 34.13 | +14.29 | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -28.69 | ||||||
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results: Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo". Retrieved June 21, 2018.
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2015 general election
Alberta general election, 2015: Edmonton-Mill Creek | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
New Democratic | Denise Woollard | 9,023 | 55.9 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Gene Zwozdesky | 3,849 | 23.8 | |||||
Liberal | Harpreet Gill | 1,916 | 11.9 | |||||
Wildrose | Saqib Raja | 1,366 | 8.5 | |||||
Total |
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