Eleanor Olszewski

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2025 Canadian federal election: Edmonton Centre

The Honourable Eleanor Olszewski PC KC MP
Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience
Incumbent
Assumed office May 13, 2025
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Eleanor Olszewski	24,238	44.46	+13.25
	Conservative	Sayid Ahmed	20,814	38.18	+5.58
	New Democratic	Trisha Estabrooks	8,458	15.52	–14.89
	People's	John Ross	470	0.86	–4.00
	Christian Heritage	David John Bohonos	159	0.29	N/A
	Independent	Gregory Bell	157	0.29	N/A
	Independent	Mike Dutcher	138	0.25	N/A
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	134	0.25	N/A
	Independent	Ronald S. Billingsley Jr.	106	0.19	N/A
	Marxist–Leninist	Merryn Edwards de la O	77	0.14	–0.06
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			54,751	63.92
Eligible voters			85,660
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+3.84
Source: Elections Canada [10] [11]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election : Edmonton Strathcona
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Heather McPherson	26,823	47.27	+3.30	$91,753.90
	Conservative	Sam Lilly	21,035	37.07	+5.79	$88,211.43
	Liberal	Eleanor Olszewski	6,592	11.62	-9.11	$91,354.39
	Green	Michael Kalmanovitch	1,152	2.03	-0.27	$8,919.41
	People's	Ian Cameron	941	1.66	-	none listed
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	125	0.22	-	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Dougal MacDonald	77	0.14	-0.03	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			56,745	99.56
Total rejected ballots			250	0.44	+0.05
Turnout			56,995	72.26	+1.27
Eligible voters			78,876
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-1.24
Source: Elections Canada [12] [13]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election : Edmonton Strathcona
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Linda Duncan	24,446	43.96	-9.75	$87,241.42
	Conservative	Len Thom	17,395	31.28	-9.04	$36,812.49
	Liberal	Eleanor Olszewski	11,524	20.73	+17.87	$62,711.39
	Green	Jacob K. Binnema	1,278	2.30	-0.04	$1,924.74
	Libertarian	Malcolm Stinson	311	0.56	–	$1,599.80
	Pirate	Ryan Bromsgrove	201	0.36	–	$2,183.76
	Rhinoceros	Donovan Eckstrom	133	0.24	–	–
	Independent	Chris Jones	116	0.21	–	–
	Independent	Andrew Schurman	107	0.19	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Dougal MacDonald	93	0.17	-0.02	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			55,604	99.61		$208,715.39
Total rejected ballots			217	0.39	–
Turnout			55,821	70.99
Eligible voters			78,635
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-0.35
Source(s) "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2021. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

References

1. Pratt, Sheila (October 7, 2015). "Alberta's lone NDP incumbent fights to hold south-side riding". Edmonton Journal. p. A4. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
2. The Committee of the Privy Council, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, advises that.
3. Lachacz 2019.
4. Liberal.
5. Edmonton Journal 1992.
6. Edmonton Journal 2008.
7. House of Commons of Canada.
8. Sandor 2025.
9. Canada, Prairies Economic Development. "Minister Olszewski announces federal investments to bolster rural and Indigenous economic development across Alberta". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
10. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
11. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
12. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
13. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 13, 2021.

Works cited

News

• Sandor, Steven (20 May 2025). "'Great sense of responsibility': Edmonton's Olszewski goes from political abyss to Carney's cabinet". Edmonton Journal . Archived from the original on 20 June 2025.
• Lachacz, Adam (14 October 2019). "Federal Election 2019 Meet the Candidates: Liberal Eleanor Olszewski". The Gateway . Archived from the original on 20 June 2025.

Newspapers

• "Brownlee Fryett". Edmonton Journal . 11 July 1992. p. D2 – via Newspapers.com.
• "Lawyers add QC to title". Edmonton Journal . 4 January 2008. p. D3 – via Newspapers.com.

Web

• "Eleanor Olszewski". Liberal Party of Canada. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015.
• "Roles - Hon. Eleanor Olszewski". House of Commons of Canada. Archived from the original on 20 June 2025.
• "The Committee of the Privy Council, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, advises that". Canada. 13 May 2025. Archived from the original on 20 June 2025.