Matt Jones (Canadian politician)

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2023 Alberta general election: Calgary-South East

The Honourable Matt Jones ECA MLA
Minister of Hospital and Surgical Health Services
Incumbent
Assumed office May 16, 2025
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Conservative	Matt Jones	14,087	58.82	-2.39
	New Democratic	Justin Huseby	9,442	39.42	+20.47
	Green	Catriona Wright	318	1.33	–
	Solidarity Movement	Heinrich Friesen	104	0.43	–
Total			23,951	99.39	–
Rejected and declined			146	0.61
Turnout			24,097	62.81
Eligible voters			38,368
	United Conservative hold		Swing		-11.43
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta [12]

v t e 2019 Alberta general election : Calgary-South East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Conservative	Matt Jones	12,860	61.21%	-0.48%
	New Democratic	Heather Eddy	3,983	18.96%	-12.23%
	Alberta Party	Rick Fraser	3,810	18.13%	–
	Liberal	Leila Keith	224	1.07%	-4.46%
	Alberta Independence	Richard Fontaine	134	0.64%	–
Total			21,011	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			47	66	5
Eligible electors / turnout			29,578	71.21%	20.63%
	United Conservative gain from Alberta Party		Swing		20.48%
Source(s) Source: "24 - Calgary-South East, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020. UCP change is based on combination of Progressive Conservative and Wildrose results from the 2015 Alberta general election.

Notes and references

1. "Health" split into "Hospital and Surgical Health Services" and "Primary and Preventive Health Services"

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