Laila Goodridge
Laila Goodridge is a politician in Alberta, Canada, currently serving as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche.
Laila Goodridge | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche Fort McMurray-Conklin (2018–2019) | |
| Assumed office July 12, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Brian Jean |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1986/1987 (age 32–33) Fort McMurray, Alberta |
| Political party | United Conservative Party |
| Other political affiliations | Wildrose Party (before 2017) |
| Education | BA Political Studies |
| Alma mater | University of Alberta (Campus Saint-Jean) |
Political career
Goodridge stood as the Wildrose candidate in Grande Prairie-Wapiti in 2015, even though she lived in Fort McMurray at the time.[1] She placed third.
A previous staffer for Brian Jean, she won the United Conservative nomination to succeed him as MLA for Fort McMurray-Conklin in 2018, and won the following by-election on July 12, 2018.
Personal life
Goodridge had experience in the oil and gas industry before going into politics.[1]
Electoral results
2019 general election
| 2019 Alberta general election: Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Laila Goodridge | 9,836 | 66.33 | +2.63 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jane Stroud | 3,635 | 24.51 | -8.79 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Jeffrey Fafard | 857 | 5.78 | |||||
| Independence | Mark Grinder | 271 | 1.83 | |||||
| Green | Brian Deheer | 230 | 1.55 | +0.45 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 14,829 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | ||||||||
| Turnout | 67.50 | |||||||
| Eligible electors | 21,969 | |||||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | +5.73 | ||||||
2018 by-election
| Alberta provincial by-election, July 12, 2018: Fort McMurray-Conklin Upon the resignation of Brian Jean on March 5, 2018 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Laila Goodridge | 2,689 | 67.02% | +0.84% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jane Stroud | 1,149 | 28.64% | -2.15% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Sid Fayed | 103 | 2.57% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Robin Le Fevre | 42 | 1.05% | -1.98% | ||||
| Green | Brian Deheer | 29 | 0.72% | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,012 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 20 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 12,370 | 32.59% | -11.86% | |||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | +1.50% | ||||||
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Election results". Retrieved August 13, 2018. | ||||||||
2015 general election
| 2015 Alberta general election: Grande Prairie-Wapiti | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wayne Drysdale | 6,229 | 35.57 | -16.06 | ||||
| New Democratic | Mary Dahr | 5,062 | 28.90 | +19.60 | ||||
| Wildrose | Laila Goodridge | 4,175 | 23.84 | -10.84 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Rory Tarant | 2,048 | 11.69 | |||||
| Total | 17,514 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 77 | |||||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 37,445 | 46.98 | +4.41 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -17.55 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
References
- McDermott, Vincent (2018-07-13). "United Conservatives win Alberta byelections". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
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