Jasvir Deol
Jasvir Singh Deol | |
|---|---|
| Critic, Multiculturalism | |
| Assumed office May 13, 2019 | |
| Leader | Rachel Notley |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Meadows | |
| Assumed office April 16, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | riding established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968 or 1969 (age 55–56)[1] Punjab, India |
| Political party | Alberta NDP |
| Occupation | insurance broker |
Jasvir Singh Deol (born 1968/1969) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the
Edmonton Mill Woods during the 2015 Canadian election. Born and raised in Punjab, Deol immigrated to Canada from India in 1993.[3][4]
Deol serves as the Official Opposition Critic for Multiculturalism for the Alberta New Democratic Party Caucus.
Electoral record
| 2023 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Meadows | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jasvir Deol | 11,013 | 62.56 | +12.64 | ||||
| United Conservative | Amritpal Singh Matharu | 6,378 | 36.23 | +0.25 | ||||
| Communist | Corinne Benson | 213 | 1.21 | – | ||||
| Total | 17,604 | 99.35 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 116 | 0.65 | ||||||
| Turnout | 17,720 | 55.20 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 32,103 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +6.20 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[5] | ||||||||
| 2019 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Meadows | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jasvir Deol | 10,231 | 49.92% | -7.41% | ||||
| United Conservative | Len Rhodes | 7,375 | 35.98% | 4.47% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Amrit Matharu | 2,093 | 10.21% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Maria Omar | 407 | 1.99% | -8.93% | ||||
Alberta Advantage |
Thomas Varghese | 211 | 1.03% | – | ||||
| Alberta Independence | Phil Batt | 178 | 0.87% | – | ||||
| Total | 20,495 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 82 | 45 | 11 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 31,523 | 65.31% | – | |||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | |||||||
Source(s)
Source: "37 - Edmonton-Meadows, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1 . Retrieved April 7, 2021. | ||||||||
| 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,[6] 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.[7] | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
References
- ^ Anna Junker Updated: April 11, 2019 (2019-04-11). "Alberta Election 2019 riding profile: Edmonton-Meadows". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "NDP MLA defeated in Edmonton-Meadows nomination contest | CBC News".
- ^ "Geography not an issue, UCP 's Len Rhodes says about Edmonton-Meadows candidacy | CBC News".
- ^ "Legislative Assembly of Alberta".
- ^ "37 - Edmonton-Meadows". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ^ "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 – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
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