Greg Clark (Canadian politician)

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2012 Alberta general election: Calgary-Elbow
The Honourable
Greg Clark
ECA
Greg Clark, Leader of the Alberta Party, 2014.jpg
Leader of the Alberta Party
In office
September 21, 2013 –February 27, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Alison Redford 11,19858.09+16.01
Wildrose James Cole5,50928.58+21.97
Liberal Beena Ashar1,0675.53−33.67
New Democratic Craig Coolahan 7613.95+1.96
Alberta Party Greg Clark 5182.69–
Evergreen William Hamilton2251.17−2.44
Total valid votes19,278100.00–
Total rejected ballots257––
Turnout19,53558.44+12.60
Eligible voters33,430––
Alberta provincial by-election, October 27, 2014: Calgary-Elbow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Gordon Dirks 4,20733.21%-24.88
Alberta Party Greg Clark3,41226.94%+24.25
Wildrose John Fletcher3,05624.13%-4.45
Liberal Susan Wright1,51911.99%+6.46
New Democratic Stephanie McLean 4723.73%-0.22
Total valid votes––,–––100.00–
Total rejected ballots–––
Turnout––,–––––.–––
Eligible voters––,–––––
2015 Alberta general election : Calgary-Elbow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alberta Party Greg Clark 8,70742.20%15.32%
Progressive Conservative Gordon Edwin Dirks 6,25430.31%-2.91%
New Democratic Catherine Welburn3,25615.78%12.06%
Wildrose Megan Brown1,7868.66%-15.50%
Liberal John Roggeveen5652.74%-9.28%
Social Credit Larry R. Heather 670.32%–
Total20,635––
Rejected, spoiled and declined434315
Eligible electors / turnout34,68159.67%22.51%
Alberta Party gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -8.81%
Source(s)
Source: "09 - Calgary-Elbow, 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. pp. 121–124.
2019 Alberta general election : Calgary-Elbow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
United Conservative Doug Schweitzer 10,95144.34+5.03$309,597
Alberta Party Greg Clark 7,54230.54-9.73$70,288
New Democratic Janet Eremenko 5,79623.47+7.17$44,092
Liberal Robin Mackintosh2751.11-2.61$500
Green Quinn Rupert1320.53+0.45$500
Total24,69698.36–
Rejected, spoiled and declined4131.64
Turnout25,10971.88
Eligible voters 34,934
United Conservative gain from Alberta Party Swing +7.38
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [12] [13] [14]
Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

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