Amanda Chapman
Canadian politician from Alberta
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Amanda Chapman is a Canadian politician from the Alberta New Democratic Party who was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Beddington in the 2023 Alberta general election.[1] As of June 21, 2024, she serves as the Official Opposition critic for Education and for Services to Children with Disabilities.
Preceded byJosephine Pon
OccupationCommunications consultant
Amanda Chapman | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Beddington | |
| Assumed office May 29, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Josephine Pon |
| Personal details | |
| Party | NDP |
| Alma mater | Haskayne School of Business |
| Occupation | Communications consultant |
Chapman has a business degree from the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary.[2]
Electoral history
| 2023 Alberta general election: Calgary-Beddington | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Amanda Chapman | 10,269 | 49.66 | +13.95 | ||||
| United Conservative | Josephine Pon | 9,726 | 47.04 | -6.07 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Wayne Jackson | 473 | 2.29 | -5.93 | ||||
| Liberal | Zarnab Shahid Zafar | 210 | 1.02 | -0.67 | ||||
| Total | 20,678 | 99.32 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 142 | 0.68 | ||||||
| Turnout | 20,820 | 58.28 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 35,724 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from United Conservative | Swing | +10.01 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[3] | ||||||||
| 2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-Beddington | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| United Conservative | Josephine Pon | 11,625 | 53.11 | -3.74 | $31,776 | |||
| New Democratic | Amanda Chapman | 7,818 | 35.71 | -0.93 | $15,589 | |||
| Alberta Party | Carol-Lynn Darch | 1,799 | 8.22 | – | $2,014 | |||
| Liberal | Chandan Tadavalkar | 370 | 1.69 | -2.91 | $1,651 | |||
| Alberta Independence | Tom Grbich | 161 | 0.74 | – | $500 | |||
| Independent | Alexander Dea | 117 | 0.53 | – | $1,101 | |||
| Total | 21,890 | 99.53 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 103 | 0.47 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 21,993 | 63.12 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 34,845 | |||||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | -1.41 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[4][5][6] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000. | ||||||||
