Peter Downing

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2015 Canadian federal election: Edmonton Mill Woods

Peter Downing
CEO, founder of the Alberta USA foundation
Incumbent
Assumed office August 2020
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Amarjeet Sohi	20,423	41.24	+29.52	$136,379.94
	Conservative	Tim Uppal	20,331	41.06	-17.88	$126,472.41
	New Democratic	Jasvir Deol	6,330	12.78	-12.61	$55,302.53
	Green	Ralph McLean	1,096	2.21	-0.78	$1,671.63
	Independent	Colin Stubbs	560	1.13	–	$5,091.44
	Libertarian	Allen K.W. Paley	396	0.80	–	–
	Christian Heritage	Peter Downing	285	0.58	–	$3,798.53
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	96	0.19	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,517	99.54		$206,234.63
Total rejected ballots			227	0.46	–
Turnout			49,744	67.84	–
Eligible voters			73,323
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+23.70
These results were subject to a judicial recount, [8] and modified from the validated results in accordance with the Judge's rulings. The margin of Sohi over Uppal increased from 79 votes to 92 votes as a result of the recount. [9]
Source: Elections Canada [10] [11]

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7. "Wexit's Founder Explained Why He Thinks Alberta Has to Ditch Canada & Join the U.S." September 4, 2020.
8. "Tim Uppal's request for Edmonton-Mill Woods recount granted by judge". CBC News. October 23, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
9. "Judicial recount results arriving after narrow election wins". CBC News. October 30, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
10. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Edmonton Mill Woods (Results as Certified by a Judge)". Elections Canada. October 29, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
11. Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits