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2019 Alberta general election: Edmonton-West Henday
Jon Carson
Jon Carson 2015.jpg
Carson in May 2015
Member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly
for Edmonton-West Henday
Edmonton-Meadowlark (2015-2019)
In office
May 5, 2015 May 29, 2023
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Jon Carson 8,82044.08-16.16
United Conservative Nicole Williams8,30241.49+8.53
Alberta Party Winston Leung2,33711.68
Liberal Leah Mcrorie3111.55-5.25
Alberta Independence Dave Bjorkman2391.19
Total20,00999.28
Rejected, spoiled and declined1460.72
Turnout20,15566.00
Eligible electors30,538
New Democratic hold Swing -12.35
Source(s)
Source: "45 - Edmonton-West Henday, 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. 176–179. ISBN   978-1-988620-12-1 . Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Meadowlark
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Jon Carson 9,79656.96%49.43%
Progressive Conservative Katherine O'Neill3,92422.82%-11.85%
Wildrose Amber Maze1,97211.47%-9.05%
Liberal Dan Bildhauer1,5078.76%-26.72%
Total17,199
Rejected, spoiled and declined57
Eligible electors / turnout31,86554.15%1.10%
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing 16.66%
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