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Denise Woollard 
Summary
Denise K. Woollard (born 1946) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Edmonton-Mill Creek.[1][2] In the May 5, 2015 election, she defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Gene Zwozdesky and other candidates to win the Edmonton Mill Creek seat.
Denise Woollard | |
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 Woollard in May 2015 | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Mill Creek | |
| In office May 5, 2015 – March 19, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Gene Zwozdesky |
| Succeeded by | district abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1946 or 1947 (age 76–77) |
| Political party | Alberta New Democratic Party |
| Residence(s) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Occupation | university facilitator, teacher, school psychologist |
She sought the NDP nomination in the redistributed riding of Edmonton-Meadows for the 2019 election, however she lost the nomination to Jasvir Deol and therefore did not run in the general election.[3]
Electoral history edit
2012 general election edit
| 2012 Alberta general election: Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Allen | 3,609 | 48.99% | –14.42% | ||||
| Wildrose Alliance | Guy C. Boutilier | 3,164 | 42.95% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Denise Woollard | 372 | 5.05% | –2.67% | ||||
| Liberal | Amy McBain | 222 | 3.01% | –21.65% | ||||
| Total | 7,367 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 55 | 32 | 0 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 21,843 | 33.98% | +14.14% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | –16.35% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "59 - Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 352–355. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021. | ||||||||
2015 general election edit
| 2015 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Mill Creek | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Denise Woollard | 9,025 | 55.94% | 44.83% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gene Zwozdesky | 3,848 | 23.85% | -31.21% | ||||
| Liberal | Harpreet Gill | 1,896 | 11.75% | -1.88% | ||||
| Wildrose | Saqib Raja | 1,365 | 8.46% | -9.77% | ||||
| Total | 16,134 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 59 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 32,521 | 49.79% | 1.69% | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -2.37% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Elections Alberta 2015 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. "40 - Edmonton-Mill Creek". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved 4 June 2020. | ||||||||
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