Brooks Arcand-Paul
Brooks Arcand-Paul | |
|---|---|
| sîpîysis | |
| MLA for Edmonton-West Henday | |
| Assumed office May 29, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Jon Carson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Political party | Alberta New Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Ottawa University of Alberta |
| Occupation | Lawyer[1] |
Brooks Arcand-Paul, also known by his
Life and career
Arcand-Paul grew up on the
He graduated from the
Prior to being elected MLA, Arcand-Paul served as legal counsel for his First Nation. As a lawyer, he practiced in Aboriginal, employment, and commercial law, working for both boutique and large law firms before his work with the Alexander First Nation. In 2014, Arcand-Paul joined the board of directors for the Indigenous Bar Association, a non-profit organization representing First Nations, Inuit, and Métis legal professionals, and served as their vice-president until the 2023 Alberta provincial election.[4] In May 2023, Arcand-Paul was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the riding of Edmonton-West Henday.[5]
Electoral history
2023 general election
| 2023 Alberta general election: Edmonton-West Henday | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Brooks Arcand-Paul | 11,495 | 56.84 | +12.76 | ||||
| United Conservative | Slava Cravcenko | 7,956 | 39.34 | -2.15 | ||||
| Liberal | Dan Bildhauer | 391 | 1.93 | +0.38 | ||||
| Green | Kristina Howard | 382 | 1.89 | – | ||||
| Total | 20,224 | 99.42 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 118 | 0.58 | ||||||
| Turnout | 20,342 | 57.66 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 35,281 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +7.46 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[6] | ||||||||
References
- ^ a b "Member Brooks Arcand-Paul". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ "Brooks Arcand-Paul". Zeta Psi Fraternity. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- ^ "Astonishing Young Alumni, Brooks Arcand-Paul, JD '16, selected to attend the GGCLC". uottawa.ca. University of Ottawa. 2022-06-15. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ "Astonishing Young Alumni, Brooks Arcand-Paul, JD '16, selected to attend the GGCLC". Faculty of Law. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- ^ Junker, Anna (May 30, 2023). "Thirteen new MLAs elected to Edmonton and area". Edmonton Journal. Edmonton. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
- ^ "45 - Edmonton-West Henday". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
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