Laurie Blakeman

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1997 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Centre
Laurie Blakeman
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MLA for Edmonton-Centre
In office
March 11, 1997 May 5, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Laurie Blakeman 4,76943.96%-3.63%
Progressive Conservative Don Weideman3,63433.50%4.74%
New Democratic Jenn Smith1,84517.01%-2.71%
Social Credit Alan Cruikshank4203.87%2.17%
Forum Emil van der Poorten980.90%
Natural Law Richard Johnsen830.77%-0.03%
Total10,849
Rejected, spoiled and declined43
Eligible electors / turnout20,90752.10%-1.36%
Liberal hold Swing -4.18%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Centre Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
2001 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Centre
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Laurie Blakeman 5,09544.01%0.06%
Progressive Conservative Don J. Weideman4,44638.41%4.91%
New Democratic David Eggen 1,95916.92%-0.08%
Communist Naomi Rankin 760.66%
Total11,576
Rejected, spoiled, and declined74
Eligible electors / turnout22,64851.44%-0.66%
Liberal hold Swing -2.43%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Centre Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
2004 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Centre
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Laurie Blakeman 6,20357.07%13.06%
Progressive Conservative Don Weideman2,62224.12%-14.28%
New Democratic Mary Elizabeth Archer1,31912.14%-4.79%
Greens David J. Parker 3333.06%
Alberta Alliance Tony Caterina 2802.58%
Social Credit Linda Clements1121.03%
Total10,869
Rejected, spoiled and declined81
Eligible electors / turnout22,36248.97%-2.47%
Liberal hold Swing 13.67%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Centre Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
2008 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Centre
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Laurie Blakeman 5,04244.98%-12.09%
Progressive Conservative Bill Donahue3,29129.36%5.23%
New Democratic Deron Bilous 2,16319.30%7.16%
Green David J. Parker 4724.21%
Wildrose Alliance James Iverson2001.78%
Alberta Party Margaret Saunter420.37%
Total11,210
Rejected, spoiled and declined78
Eligible electors / turnout30,33537.21%-11.76%
Liberal hold Swing -8.66%
Source(s)
2012 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Centre
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Laurie Blakeman 5,62640.37%-4.61%
Progressive Conservative Akash Khokhar4,29630.82%1.47%
New Democratic Nadine Bailey2,25716.19%-3.10%
Wildrose Barb de Groot1,75812.61%10.83%
Total13,937
Rejected, spoiled and declined102
Eligible electors / turnout28,35849.51%12.30%
Liberal hold Swing -3.04%
Source(s)
2015 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Centre
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic David Shepherd 8,98354.39%38.19%
Liberal Laurie Blakeman 4,19925.42%-14.95%
Progressive Conservative Catherine Keill2,22813.49%-17.34%
Wildrose Joe Byram7724.67%-7.94%
Independent Greg Keating2951.79%
Independent Rory Joe Koopmans400.24%
Total16,517
Rejected, spoiled and declined64
Eligible electors / turnout34,97647.41%-2.10%
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing 9.71%
Source(s)

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