Heather Sweet (politician)

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2023 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Manning
Heather Sweet
MLA
Heather Sweet.jpg
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Manning
Assumed office
May 5, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Heather Sweet 10,54759.76+9.68
United Conservative Albert Mazzocca6,76938.35+0.12
Green Derek Thompson3331.89+0.84
Total17,64999.26
Rejected and declined1310.74
Turnout17,78050.94
Eligible voters34,902
New Democratic hold Swing +4.78
Source(s)

2019 general election

2019 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Manning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Heather Sweet 9,78250.08-21.55
United Conservative Harry Grewal7,46838.23+14.34
Alberta Party Manwar Khan1,6928.66
  Alberta Advantage Adam Cory
212
1.09
Green Chris Vallee2041.04
  Independence Terris Kolybaba
176
0.90
Total valid votes19,53499.44
Rejected, spoiled and declined1100.56
Turnout19,64459.86
Eligible voters 32,815
New Democratic hold Swing -17.94
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results: Edmonton-Manning" . Retrieved May 1, 2019.

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Manning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Heather Sweet 12,37671.84+47.20
Progressive Conservative Gurcharan Garcha2,59915.09-24.64
Wildrose Atiq Rehman1,4758.56-16.29
Liberal Adam Mounzer7764.50-3.43
Total valid votes17,226
Rejected, spoiled, and declined670
Registered electors / turnout34,66451.63+3.66
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +35.92
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results: Edmonton-Manning" . Retrieved July 16, 2018.

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References

  1. "Riding results: Edmonton-Manning". Archived from the original on 2015-06-18.
  2. 1 2 Sweet, Heather. "Elected Members". Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
  3. "35 - Edmonton-Manning". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 8, 2023.