David Shepherd | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-City Centre Edmonton-Centre 2015–2019 | |
Assumed office May 5, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Laurie Blakeman |
Personal details | |
Born | 1973/1974(age 48–49) Edmonton,Alberta |
Political party | Alberta New Democratic Party |
Residence(s) | Edmonton,Alberta |
Education | Royal Roads University,MacEwan University |
Occupation | Communications professional |
David Murray Shepherd (born 1973) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to represent the electoral district of Edmonton-Centre, [1] and re-elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent its successor district,Edmonton-City Centre. [2]
Shepherd has a Bachelors of Arts in Professional Communications from Royal Roads University where he received the Chancellor's award in 2014. [2] He also has a diploma in music performance and live sound recording from MacEwan University. [2] Shepherd worked in a variety of jobs such as taxpayer service agent,salesperson,musician and studio engineer. [2]
Before being elected Shepherd worked in the Communications field as an advisor and writer for North Edge Business Association,the city of Edmonton and the government of Alberta. [2]
Shepherd is an avid cyclist and has volunteered for the Edmonton Bike Coalition as a spokesperson and organizer. [2]
2019 Alberta general election : Edmonton-City Centre | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | David Shepherd | 13,598 | 66.0% | +11.59% | ||||
United Conservative | Lily Le | 4,485 | 21.8% | +3.68% | ||||
Alberta Party | Bob Philp | 1,907 | 9.3% | -- | ||||
Green | Chris Alders | 342 | 1.7% | -- | ||||
Independence | John R. Morton | 169 | 0.8% | -- | ||||
Independent | Blake N. Dickinson | 95 | 0.5% | -- | ||||
Total valid votes | 20,596 | |||||||
Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 191 | 76 | 22 | |||||
Registered electors and turnout | 38,887 | 53.5% | ||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | % | ||||||
Source(s) "2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2019-04-30. |
2015 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Centre | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | David Shepherd | 8,983 | 54.39% | 38.19% | ||||
Liberal | Laurie Blakeman | 4,199 | 25.42% | -14.95% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Catherine Keill | 2,228 | 13.49% | -17.34% | ||||
Wildrose | Joe Byram | 772 | 4.67% | -7.94% | ||||
Independent | Greg Keating | 295 | 1.79% | – | ||||
Independent | Rory Joe Koopmans | 40 | 0.24% | – | ||||
Total | 16,517 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 64 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 34,976 | 47.41% | -2.10% | |||||
New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | 9.71% | ||||||
Source(s) |
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