Jennifer Johnson (Canadian politician)

Not to be confused with Jennifer Johnson (Trinidad and Tobago politician).

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2023 Alberta general election: Lacombe-Ponoka

Jennifer Johnson
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Lacombe-Ponoka
Incumbent
Assumed office May 29, 2023
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Conservative	Jennifer Johnson [a]	14,324	67.57	-3.74
	New Democratic	Dave Dale	4,995	23.56	+8.63
	Alberta Party	Myles Chykerda	1,167	5.50	-4.84
	Wildrose Loyalty Coalition	Daniel Jeffries	444	2.09	–
	Green	Taylor Lowery	196	0.92	–
	Solidarity Movement	Nathan Leslie	74	0.35	–
Total			21,200	99.40	–
Rejected and declined			128	0.60
Turnout			21,328	61.28
Eligible voters			34,804
	United Conservative hold		Swing		-6.19
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta [7] On May 24, United Conservative Party leader Danielle Smith announced that Johnson would be excluded from the United Conservative caucus if elected. As this decision came after the deadline for candidate registration, she remained on the ballot as a United Conservative. [6]

2023 UCP Lacombe-Ponoka nomination contest

February 17, 2023 ^[8]

Candidate
	Votes	%
Jennifer Johnson	970	74.9
Dusty Myshrall	278	21.5
Chris Ross	47	3.6
Total	1,295	100.00

References

1. "Alberta election 2023 results: Lacombe-Ponoka | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Archived from the original on 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
2. "UPDATED: UCP candidate Jennifer Johnson is the newly-minted MLA for Lacombe-Ponoka - Lacombe Express". www.lacombeexpress.com. 2023-05-30. Archived from the original on 2023-07-25. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
3. French, Janet (2023-05-25). "Smith shuts door on caucus seat for UCP candidate who compared transgender children to feces in food". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
4. Markusoff, Jason. "Lacombe-Ponoka MLA who made derogatory remarks about trans students could return to UCP caucus: Danielle Smith". CBC News. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
5. Bellefontaine, Michelle (October 9, 2024). "Alberta MLA who compared transgender children to feces in food welcomed into UCP caucus". CBC News . Retrieved October 10, 2024.
6. Weber, Mark (2023-05-30). "UCP candidate Jennifer Johnson is the newly-minted MLA for Lacombe-Ponoka". Lacombe Express. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
7. "68 - Lacombe-Ponoka". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 10, 2023.
8. "Lacombe-Ponoka" (PDF). United Conservative Party . Retrieved 14 March 2024.