Brent Rathgeber

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2015 Canadian federal election: St. Albert—Edmonton

Brent Rathgeber KC
Member of Parliament for Edmonton—St. Albert
In office October 14, 2008 –October 19, 2015
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Michael Cooper	26,783	45.24	-19.25	–
	Liberal	Beatrice Ghettuba	13,383	22.54	+11.70	–
	Independent	Brent Rathgeber	11,652	19.68	n/a	–
	New Democratic	Darlene Malayko	6,609	11.16	-8.91	–
	Green	Andrea Oldham	821	1.39	-3.22	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			59,208	100.00		$218,855.94
Total rejected ballots			146	0.25	–
Turnout			59,354	70.79	–
Eligible voters			83,841
	Conservative hold		Swing		-15.47
Source: Elections Canada [19] [20]

2011 Canadian federal election : Edmonton—St. Albert
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brent Rathgeber	34,468	63.46	+1.82
	New Democratic	Brian LaBelle	11,644	21.44	+5.67
	Liberal	Kevin Taron	5,796	10.67	-3.92
	Green	Peter Johnston	2,409	4.44	-3.54
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,317	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			151	0.28	+0.05
Turnout			54,468	56.26	+2.59
Eligible voters			96,815	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election : Edmonton—St. Albert
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brent Rathgeber	31,436	61.6%	–
	New Democratic	Dave Burkhart	8,045	15.8%	–
	Liberal	Sam Sleiman	7,441	14.6%	–
	Green	Peter Johnston	4,072	8.0%	–
Total valid votes			50,994
Total rejected ballots			118
Turnout			51,112	%

Provincial elections

v t e 2004 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Calder
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	David Eggen	4,067	36.01%	16.10%
	Progressive Conservative	Brent Rathgeber	3,730	33.02%	-8.96%
	Liberal	Brad Smith	2,985	26.43%	-11.68%
	Alberta Alliance	Vicki Kramer	513	4.54%	–
Total			11,295	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			48	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			23,153	48.99%	-2.71%
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-0.45%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Calder Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

v t e 2001 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Calder
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Brent Rathgeber	5,128	41.98%	9.58%
	Liberal	Lance White	4,654	38.10%	-2.21%
	New Democratic	Christine Burdett	2,432	19.91%	-7.37%
Total			12,214	–	–
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			24	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			23,671	51.70%	-1.81%
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		-2.01%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Calder Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

References

1. "Tory sends White riding into history". Edmonton Journal. March 13, 2001.
2. "Alberta Votes 2004: Edmonton-Calder". CBC News. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
3. "Teacher's win gives NDP opposition status". Edmonton Journal. November 23, 2004.
4. "Rathgeber looks to succeed John Williams in St. Albert". Edmonton Journal. October 8, 2008.
5. "Federal Election 2008: Edmonton—St. Albert". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
6. "Rathgeber romps to victory". St. Albert Gazette. May 3, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
7. "Rathgeber re-elected in Edmonton-St. Albert". Toronto Sun. May 3, 2011. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
8. Wherry, Aaron (30 August 2012). "Brent Rathgeber Maverick Watch". Maclean's. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
9. Wherry, Aaron (25 September 2012). "Another vote for motion 312". Macleans. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
10. Rathgeber, Brent. "Brent Rathgeber, MP". Twitter. Brent Rathgeber. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
11. "A political barometer of voter discontent". Waterloo Region Record. June 8, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
12. "Former Alberta Conservative Brent Rathgeber to go up against one-time supporter in 2015 election". Global News. January 8, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
13. "Several Alberta seats could be up for grabs, poll analyst says". CBC News. September 9, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
14. "Conservatives elected in five of eight Edmonton ridings". CBC News. October 19, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
15. "Rathgeber falls short in bid to win as independent". Edmonton Journal. October 19, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
16. "Brent Rathgeber, Author at iPolitics". iPolitics. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
17. Brent Rathgeber (September 10, 2014). Irresponsible Government: The Decline of Parliamentary Democracy in Canada. Dundurn Press. ISBN   9781459728370. Archived from the original on September 17, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
18. "Harper's caucus control described in book by MP, a former Tory". The Globe and Mail. September 7, 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
19. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — St. Albert—Edmonton (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
20. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Brent Rathgeber – Parliament of Canada biography