Josephine Pon

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2023 Alberta general election: Calgary-Beddington

The Honourable Josephine Pon ECA
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Alberta Minister of Seniors and Housing
In office April 30, 2019 –June 9, 2023
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Amanda Chapman	10,269	49.66	+13.95
	United Conservative	Josephine Pon	9,726	47.04	-6.07
	Alberta Party	Wayne Jackson	473	2.29	-5.93
	Liberal	Zarnab Shahid Zafar	210	1.02	-0.67
Total			20,678	99.32	–
Rejected and declined			142	0.68
Turnout			20,820	58.28
Eligible voters			35,724
	New Democratic gain from United Conservative		Swing		+10.01
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta [13]

v t e 2019 Alberta general election : Calgary-Beddington
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	United Conservative	Josephine Pon	11,625	53.11	-3.74	$31,776
	New Democratic	Amanda Chapman	7,818	35.71	-0.93	$15,589
	Alberta Party	Carol-Lynn Darch	1,799	8.22	–	$2,014
	Liberal	Chandan Tadavalkar	370	1.69	-2.91	$1,651
	Alberta Independence	Tom Grbich	161	0.74	–	$500
	Independent	Alexander Dea	117	0.53	–	$1,101
Total			21,890	99.53	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			103	0.47	–
Turnout			21,993	63.12
Eligible voters			34,845
	United Conservative notional hold		Swing		-1.41
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta [14] [15] [16] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

Alberta provincial government of Jason Kenney
Cabinet post (1)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Lori Sigurdson	Minister of Seniors & Housing April 30, 2019–October 11, 2022	Jeremy Nixon

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