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2023 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Mill Woods
The Honourable
Christina Gray
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Gray in March 2019
Leader of the Opposition in Alberta
Assumed office
June 24, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Christina Gray 11,06361.69+11.70
United Conservative Raman Athwal6,86938.31+0.03
Total17,93299.02
Rejected and declined1770.98
Turnout18,10956.48
Eligible voters32,062
New Democratic hold Swing +5.83
Source(s)

2019 general election

2019 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Mill Woods
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Christina Gray 10,46150.00%-14.86%
United Conservative Heather Sworin8,00838.27%9.81%
Alberta Party Anju Sharma1,5607.46%
Liberal Abdi Bakal5722.73%-2.82%
Alberta Independence Dallas Price2541.21%
Communist Andrew J. Janewski690.33%0.04%
Total20,924
Rejected, spoiled and declined787517
Eligible electors / turnout32,35364.97%10.27%
New Democratic hold Swing -17.03%
Source(s)
Source: "38 - Edmonton-Mill Woods, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 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. 148–151. ISBN   978-1-988620-12-1 . Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Mill Woods
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Christina Gray 9,93064.86%50.72%
Progressive Conservative Sohail Quadri 2,92019.07%-16.14%
Wildrose Baljit Sall1,4379.39%-11.21%
Liberal Roberto Maglalang8505.55%-15.74%
Independent Aura Leddy1290.84%
Communist Naomi J. Rankin 440.29%
Total15,310
Rejected, spoiled and declined553022
Eligible electors / turnout28,13054.70%0.10%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 17.09%
Source(s)
Source: "41 - Edmonton-Mill Woods, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta.

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Carl Benito 4,75243.87%
Liberal Weslyn Mather 3,99636.89%
New Democratic Christina Gray1,47413.61%
Wildrose Alliance Robert Leddy 3202.95%
Green David Hruska2902.68%

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