Andrew Boitchenko
Canadian politician from Alberta
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Andrew Boitchenko ECA MLA is a Canadian politician from the United Conservative Party. He was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Drayton Valley-Devon in the 2023 Alberta general election.[1]
Andrew Boitchenko | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Tourism and Sport | |
| Assumed office May 16, 2025 | |
| Premier | Danielle Smith |
| Preceded by | Joseph Schow |
| Parliamentary Secretary for Indigenous Relations | |
| In office June 13, 2023 – May 16, 2025 | |
| Premier | Danielle Smith |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Position Abolished |
| MLA for Drayton Valley-Devon | |
| Assumed office May 29, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ukraine |
| Party | UCP |
| Occupation | Real estate agent |
Andrew Boitchenko was sworn in as Minister of Tourism and Sport on May 16, 2025. He previously served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Indigenous Relations.[2]
Boitchenko was born in Ukraine and came to Canada in his teen years.[3] He is a real estate agent.[4]
Biography
Electoral history
| 2023 Alberta general election: Drayton Valley-Devon | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Andrew Boitchenko | 16,532 | 73.70 | +2.58 | ||||
| New Democratic | Harry Singh | 5,009 | 22.33 | +5.69 | ||||
| Wildrose Loyalty Coalition | Jon Hokanson | 580 | 2.59 | – | ||||
| Advantage Party | Dale Withers | 189 | 0.84 | -0.33 | ||||
| Solidarity Movement | Gail Tookey | 121 | 0.54 | – | ||||
| Total | 22,431 | 99.42 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 131 | 0.58 | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,562 | 61.90 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 36,448 | |||||||
| United Conservative hold | Swing | -1.56 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[5] | ||||||||
UCP Drayton Valley-Devon nomination contest: December 2-3, 2022[6]
| Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Andrew Boitchenko | 329 | 44.8 | 356 | 50.7 |
| Carol Vowk | 313 | 42.6 | 346 | 49.3 |
| Kara Westerlund | 93 | 12.7 | Eliminated | |
| Total | 735 | 100.0 | 702 | 100.0 |
