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2008 Canadian Election Results

Alberta - 2008 Federal Elections
Seats Won and ( % of Seats - % of Votes )

Conservatives Green
Liberals
 NDP Other Total
27
64.6
-
8.8
-
11.4
1
12.7
-
2.6
28

Official Provincial Turnout: 52.8%   Source: Elections Canada

Final Results

District Candidate Party

Votes

 % Votes
Winning Margin
of Votes
Winning Margin
%
Calgary Centre Lee Richardson **  CON 26,085 55.6 17,683 37.7
Heesung Kim  LIB 8,402 17.9
Natalie Odd  GRN 7,778 16.6
Tyler Kinch  NDP 4,229 9.0
Antony T Grochowski IND 420 0.9
 
Calgary Centre-North Jim Prentice **  CON 27,361 56.5 19,948 41.2
John Chan  NDP 7,413 15.3
Eric Donovan  GRN 7,392 15.3
Doug James  LIB 5,699 11.8
Jason E. McNeil  LBTN 345 0.7
Peggy Askin  MLPC 184 0.4
 
Calgary East Deepak Obhrai **  CON 21,311 66.5 17,543 54.7
Ian Vaughan  NDP 3,768 11.8
Nathan David Coates  GRN 3,403 10.6
Bernie Kennedy  LIB 3,255 10.2
Jason Devine  COMM 323 1.0
 
Calgary Northeast Devinder Shory  CON 18,917 51.5 11,484 31.3
Sanam S. Kang  LIB 7,433 20.2
Roger Richard  NA 4,836 13.2
Vinay Dey  NDP 3,279 8.9
Abeed Monty Ahmad  GRN 2,045 5.6
Daniel Blanchard  MLPC 211 0.6
 
Calgary--Nose Hill Diane Ablonczy **  CON 35,029 69.6 28,372 56.4
Anoush Newman  LIB 6,657 13.2
Tony Hajj  GRN 4,685 9.3
Stephanie Sundberg  NDP 3,941 7.8
 
Calgary Southeast Jason Kenney **  CON 41,425 73.9 35,689 63.7
Margaret Chandler  GRN 5,736 10.2
Brad Carroll  LIB 4,878 8.7
Chris Willott  NDP 4,024 7.2
 
Calgary Southwest Stephen Harper **  CON 38,548 73 33,630 63.7
Marlene Lamontagne  LIB 4,918 9.3
Kelly Christie  GRN 4,743 9.0
Holly Heffernan  NDP 4,102 7.8
Dennis Young  LBTN 265 0.5
Larry R. Heather  CHP 256 0.5
 
Calgary West Rob Anders **  CON 34,579 57.4 21,375 35.5
Jennifer Pollock  LIB 13,204 21.9
Randy Weeks  GRN 6,722 11.2
Teale Phelps Bondaroff  NDP 3,832 6.4
Kirk Schmidt IND 1,790 3.0
André Vachon  MLPC 155 0.3
 
Crowfoot Kevin Sorenson **  CON 39,342 82 35,559 74.1
Ellen Parker  NDP 3,783 7.9
Kaitlin Kettenbach  GRN 2,875 6.0
Sharon L. Howe  LIB 1,958 4.1
 
Edmonton Centre Laurie Hawn **  CON 22,634 49.0 9,973 21.6
Jim Wachowich  LIB 12,661 27.4
Donna Martyn  NDP 6,912 15.0
David James Parker  GRN 3,746 8.1
Peggy Morton  MLPC 203 0.4
 
Edmonton East Peter Goldring **  CON 21,487 51.3 8,169 19.5
Ray Martin  NDP 13,318 31.8
Stephanie Laskoski  LIB 4,578 10.9
Trey Capnerhurst  GRN 2,488 5.9
 
Edmonton--Leduc James Rajotte **  CON 33,174 63.2 23,940 45.6
Donna Lynn Smith  LIB 9,234 17.6
Hana Razga  NDP 5,994 11.4
Valerie Kennedy  GRN 4,081 7.8
 
Edmonton--Mill Woods--Beaumont Mike Lake **  CON 25,130 60.3 17,421 41.8
Indira Saroya  LIB 7,709 18.5
Mike Butler  NDP 6,297 15.1
David Allan Hrushka  GRN 2,366 5.7
Naomi Rankin  COMM 157 0.4
 
Edmonton--St. Albert Brent Rathgeber  CON 31,436 61.6 23,391 45.8
Dave Burkhart  NDP 8,045 15.8
Sam Sleiman  LIB 7,441 14.6
Peter Johnston  GRN 4,072 8
 
Edmonton--Sherwood Park Tim Uppal  CON 17,628 35.8 1,668 3.3
James Ford IND 15,960 32.5
Brian LaBelle  NDP 6,339 12.9
Rick Szostak  LIB 5,575 11.3
Nina Erfani  GRN 3,678 7.5
 
Edmonton--Spruce Grove Rona Ambrose **  CON 36,402 68.5 29,775 56.0
Barb Phillips  NDP 6,627 12.5
Chris Austin  LIB 6,099 11.5
Wendy Walker  GRN 3,975 7.5
 
Edmonton--Strathcona Linda Duncan  NDP 20,103 42.6 463 1.0
Rahim Jaffer **  CON 19,640 41.6
Claudette Roy  LIB 4,279 9.1
Jane Thrall  GRN 3,040 6.4
Kevan Hunter  MLPC 147 0.3
 
Fort McMurray--Athabasca Brian Jean **  CON 17,160 67.1 13,860 54.2
Mark Voyageur  NDP 3,300 12.9
John Webb  LIB 2,710 10.6
Dylan Richards  GRN 1,628 6.4
Shawn Reimer IND 350 1.4
John Malcolm  FPNP 233 0.9
Jacob Strydhorst  CHP 186 0.7
 
Lethbridge Rick Casson **  CON 31,714 67 24,981 52.8
Mark Sandilands  NDP 6,733 14.2
Michael J Cormican  LIB 4,404 9.3
Amanda Swagar  GRN 3,420 7.2
Geoffrey Capp  CHP 1,094 2.3
 
Macleod Ted Menzies **  CON 35,328 77.4 31,167 68.3
Jared McCollum  GRN 4,161 9.1
Stan Knowlton  NDP 3,053 6.7
Isabel Paynter  LIB 2,703 5.9
Marc Slingerland  CHP 422 0.9
 
Medicine Hat LaVar Payne  CON 26,950 70.9 22,763 59.9
Wally Regehr  NDP 4,187 11.0
Bev Botter  LIB 2,639 6.9
Kevin Dodd  GRN 2,338 6.1
Dean Shock IND 971 2.6
David S. Patrick IND 580 1.5
Frans Vandestroet  CHP 363 1.0
 
Peace River Chris Warkentin **  CON 29,550 69.5 23,426 55.1
Adele Boucher Rymhs  NDP 6,124 14.4
Jennifer Villebrun  GRN 3,303 7.8
Liliane Maisonneuve  LIB 2,843 6.7
Edwin Siggelkow  CAP 373 0.9
Mélanie Simard  LBTN 316 0.7
 
Red Deer Earl Dreeshen  CON 33,226 73.2 28,186 62.1
Stuart Somerville  NDP 5,040 11.1
Evan Bedford  GRN 4,239 9.3
Garfield Marks  LIB 2,863 6.3
 
Vegreville--Wainwright Leon Benoit **  CON 34,493 77.1 30,263 67.6
Ray Stone  NDP 4,230 9.5
William Munsey  GRN 3,676 8.2
Adam Campbell  LIB 2,345 5.2
 
Westlock--St. Paul Brian Storseth **  CON 27,338 72.7 23,529 62.6
Della Drury  NDP 3,809 10.1
Leila Houle  LIB 3,418 9.1
Aden Murphy  GRN 2,522 6.7
Sip Hofstede  CHP 510 1.4
 
Wetaskiwin Blaine Calkins **  CON 32,528 77.1 28,892 68.5
Tim Robson  NDP 3,636 8.6
Les Parsons  GRN 3,395 8.1
Rita Katherine Dillon  LIB 2,362 5.6
Shawn Mann  CAP 249 0.6
 
Wild Rose Blake Richards  CON 36,869 72.9 30,479 60.3
Lisa Fox  GRN 6,390 12.6
Jeff Horvath  NDP 4,169 8.2
Jenn Turcott  LIB 2,890 5.7
Krista Zoobkoff  LBTN 246 0.5
Yellowhead Rob Merrifield **  CON 26,863 71.8 22,276 59.5
Ken Kuzminski  NDP 4,587 12.3
Monika Schaefer  GRN 3,437 9.2
Mohamed El-Rafih  LIB 1,489 4.0 .
John M. Wierenga  CHP 606 1.6
Melissa Brade  CAP 408 1.1

Note: ** = Incumbent

Election Results Source: Elections Canada

 

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