Jasvir Deol
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Jasvir Deol | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Meadows | |
| Assumed office April 16, 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968/1969 (age 50–51)[1] |
| Political party | Alberta NDP |
| Occupation | insurance broker |
Jasvir Singh Deol (born 1968/1969) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Edmonton-Meadows.[2] He was previously the federal NDP candidate for the riding of Edmonton Mill Woods during the 2015 Canadian election. He immigrated to Canada from India in 1993.[3]
Electoral history[edit]
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 100.00 | $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,[4] 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.[5] | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
2019 general election[edit]
| 2019 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Meadows | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jasvir Deol | 10,231 | 49.9% | -6.0% | ||||
| United Conservative | Len Rhodes | 7,375 | 36.0% | +3.6% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Amrit Matharu | 2,093 | 10.2% | -- | ||||
| Liberal | Maria Omar | 407 | 2.0% | -9.8% | ||||
| Alberta Advantage | Thomas Vargese | 211 | 1.0% | -- | ||||
| Independence | Phil Batt | 178 | 0.9% | -- | ||||
| Total valid votes | 20,495 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 82 | 45 | 11 | |||||
| Registered electors | 33,387 | |||||||
| Turnout | 61.7% | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -6.0% | ||||||
Source(s)
"2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2019-05-05. | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ Anna Junker Updated: April 11, 2019 (2019-04-11). "Alberta Election 2019 riding profile: Edmonton-Meadows". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
- ^ [1]
- ^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/riding-profile-edmonton-meadows-alberta-election-1.5053426
- ^ "Tim Uppal's request for Edmonton-Mill Woods recount granted by judge". CBC News. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "Judicial recount results arriving after narrow election wins". CBC News. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Edmonton Mill Woods (Results as Certified by a Judge)". Elections Canada. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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