Chris Nielsen (politician)

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2019 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Decore

Chris Nielsen
Nielsen in May 2015
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Decore
In office May 5, 2015 –May 29, 2023
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Chris Nielsen	8,789	47.54	-21.17
	United Conservative	Karen Principe	7,371	39.87	+13.89
	Alberta Party	Ali Haymour	2,027	10.96	–
	Alberta Independence	Virginia Bruneau	301	1.63	–
Total			18,488	98.79	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			227	1.21
Turnout			18,715	56.68
Eligible electors			33,017
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-17.53
Source(s) Source: "30 - Edmonton-Decore, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved 21 May 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 116–119. ISBN   978-1-988620-12-1 . Retrieved 7 April 2021.

2015 general election

v t e 2015 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Decore
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Chris Nielsen	10,531	67.91%	47.76%
	Progressive Conservative	Janice Sarich	2,847	18.36%	-24.00%
	Wildrose	Dean Miller	1,289	8.31%	-13.24%
	Liberal	Bradley Whalen	691	4.46%	-11.48%
	Green	Trey Capnerhurst	150	0.97%	–
Total			15,508	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			47	37	21
Eligible electors / turnout			32,518	47.90%	0.59%
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		14.37%
Source(s) Source: "32 - Edmonton-Decore, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved 21 May 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta.

References

1. "Riding results: Edmonton-Decore". Edmonton Journal . 18 April 2015. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
2. "Elected Members - Mr. Chris Nielsen (ND)". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Government of Alberta. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
3. ANDREA SANDS, ALEXANDRA ZABJEK AND ELISE STOLTE (5 May 2015). "Meet Edmonton's new MLAs". Edmonton Journal. Postmedia. Retrieved 22 March 2016.