Carl Benito

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2012 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Mill Woods
Carl Benito
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Mill Woods
In office
March 3, 2008 April 22, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Sohail Quadri 4,94235.21%-8.66%
Wildrose Alliance Joanne Autio3,31223.60%20.64%
Liberal Weslyn Mather 2,98821.29%-15.60%
New Democratic Sandra Azocar1,98514.14%0.54%
Independent Carl Benito 5453.88%
Alberta Party Robert Leddy 2621.87%
Total14,034
Rejected, spoiled and declined111687
Eligible electors / turnout25,92054.60%15.49%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 2.32%
Source(s)
Source: "41 - Edmonton-Mill Woods, 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. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

References

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