Eric Rosendahl
Canadian politician
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Eric B. Rosendahl (born 1952 or 1953) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of West Yellowhead.[1][2][3] He has been President of the Yellowhead Labour Council.[4] He was also the NDP candidate for the federal Yellowhead riding during the 2014 by-election.
Eric Rosendahl | |
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Rosendahl in 2015 | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for West Yellowhead | |
| In office May 5, 2015 – March 19, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Robin Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Martin Long |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1952 or 1953 (age 73–74) |
| Party | Alberta New Democratic Party |
| Occupation | Former steam engineer, bus driver |
Electoral history
2015 Alberta general election
| 2015 Alberta general election: West Yellowhead | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Eric Rosendahl | 4,135 | 38.92% | 30.84% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robin Campbell | 3,433 | 32.32% | -12.27% | ||||
| Wildrose | Stuart Taylor | 3,055 | 28.76% | 1.48% | ||||
| Total | 10,623 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 40 | 9 | 12 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 23,063 | 46.29% | -1.08% | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -5.35% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "85 - West Yellowhead, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. | ||||||||
2014 federal by-election
| Canadian federal by-election, November 17, 2014: Yellowhead By-election due to the resignation of Rob Merrifield | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jim Eglinski | 7,884 | 62.57 | –14.46 | $45,943.91 | |||
| Liberal | Ryan Heinz Maguhn | 2,518 | 19.98 | +17.11 | $29,601.51 | |||
| New Democratic | Eric Rosendahl | 1,203 | 9.55 | –3.51 | none listed | |||
| Independent | Dean Williams | 622 | 4.94 | – | $383.45 | |||
| Libertarian | Cory Lystang | 374 | 2.97 | – | $1,345.08 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 12,601 | 99.60 | – | $116,479.41 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 51 | 0.40 | +0.09 | |||||
| Turnout | 12,652 | 16.09 | –39.04 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 78,641 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –15.79 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5] | ||||||||
