Prasad Panda
| Prasad Panda MLA | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Foothills | |
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Assumed office September 3, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Jim Prentice |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1962/1963 (age 55–56) Sangam Jagarlamudi, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Political party | United Conservative |
| Other political affiliations | Wildrose (until 2017) |
| Residence | Calgary |
| Occupation | Professional Engineer |
Prasad Panda is a Canadian politician who was elected in a by-election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Calgary-Foothills,[1] replacing former Alberta Premier Jim Prentice.
Panda defeated former Calgary city councillor and Alberta NDP MLA Bob Hawkesworth by 1598 votes, winning 38.3% of all votes cast.[2][3]
Panda introduced Motion 505, a resolution calling on the federal government to ban the import of oil from countries with a poor human rights or environmental record, and to facilitate pipelines within Canada to ensure better prices for Alberta oil.[4]
In 2017, with the creation of the United Conservative Party, Panda became the party's energy critic.[5]
Electoral history
Calgary-Foothills
| Alberta provincial by-election, September 3, 2015: Calgary-Foothills Voiding of general election results due to Jim Prentice disclaiming his seat | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Wildrose | Prasad Panda | 4,877 | 38.35 | +20.24 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bob Hawkesworth | 3,270 | 25.71 | -6.65 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Blair Houston | 2,746 | 21.59 | -18.74 | ||||
| Liberal | Ali Bin Zahid | 791 | 6.22 | -0.94 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Mark Taylor | 610 | 4.80 | +4.80 | ||||
| Green | Janet Keeping | 377 | 2.96 | +0.92 | ||||
| Independent | Antoni Grochowski | 46 | 0.36 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 12,717 | |||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 39.48 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 32,212 | |||||||
| Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +19.49 | ||||||
Calgary-Northern Hills
| Alberta general election, 2015: Calgary-Northern Hills | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Jamie Kleinsteuber | 6,641 | 38.2 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Teresa Woo-Paw | 5,343 | 30.7 | |||||
| Wildrose | Prasad Panda | 4,392 | 25.3 | |||||
| Liberal | Harry Lin | 1,000 | 5.8 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 17,376 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 160 | |||||||
| Turnout | 17,536 | 46.1 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 38,004 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Alberta[6] | ||||||||
| Alberta general election, 2012: Calgary-Northern Hills | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Teresa Woo-Paw | 6,144 | 49.02% | |||||
| Wildrose | Prasad Panda | 4,637 | 37.00% | |||||
| Liberal | Kirstin Morrell | 1,058 | 8.44% | |||||
| New Democratic | Stephanie Westlund | 694 | 5.54% | |||||
References
- ↑ "Wildrose's Panda defeats NDP in Calgary-Foothills byelection battle". Calgary Herald, September 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Report on 2015 Calgary-Foothills and 2016 Calgary-Greenway By-elections". Elections Alberta, November 15, 2016.
- ↑ Passifiume,Bryan:'Panda beats Hawkesworth as Wildrose wins Calgary provincial byelection' Calgary Sun, September 3, 2015.
- ↑ "Breakenridge: Governments should stand back and let energy economy take its course". Calgary Herald, June 6, 2017.
- ↑ David Thurton,'It takes forever': Another delay hits proposed Fort McMurray oilsands mine'. CBC News, November 9, 2017.
- ↑ "2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
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