John Roggeveen

John Roggeveen
John Roggeveen
Leader of the Liberal Party of Alberta
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; March 6, 2021
Preceded by	David Khan
Personal details
Party	Liberal Party of Alberta (provincial)
Alma mater	University of Alberta

Preceded byDavid Khan

PartyLiberal Party of Alberta (provincial)

Alma materUniversity of Alberta

John Roggeveen is a Canadian politician and lawyer serving as leader of the Alberta Liberals since March 6, 2021 on an interim basis^[1] and since December 8, 2022 permanently.^[2]^[3]^[4] The Calgary-based lawyer^[2] was raised in Edmonton. He graduated from the University of Alberta and is married with three adult daughters.^[5]

In December 2025, Roggeveen announced that he would be resigning as party leader "effective on the date a new leader is either elected or appointed."^[6]

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v t e 2004 Alberta general election: Calgary-Shaw
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Cindy Ady	6,735	63.44%	-17.28%
	Liberal	John Roggeveen	2,410	22.70%	8.41%
	Alberta Alliance	Barry Chase	620	5.84%	–
	Green	Rick Papineau	381	3.59%	–
	New Democratic	Jarrett Young	300	2.83%	-0.07%
	Separation	Daniel W. Doherty	170	1.60%	–
Total			10,616	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			13	66	4
Eligible electors / turnout			26,408	40.26%	-10.77%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-12.84%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Shaw Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 11, 2010.

2008 Alberta general election: Calgary-Shaw
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Cindy Ady	7,010	58.12%	-5.32%
	Liberal	John Roggeveen	2,958	24.53%	1.82%
	Wildrose	Richard P. Dur	1,268	10.51%	–
	Green	Jennifer Saunders	491	4.07%	0.48%
	New Democratic	Jenn Carlson	334	2.77%	-0.06%
Total			12,061	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			40	29	3
Eligible electors / Turnout			30,409	39.80%	-0.46%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.57%
Source(s) Source: "22 - Calgary-Shaw, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

v t e 2012 Alberta general election: Calgary-Shaw
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wildrose	Jeff Wilson	7,365	45.21%	34.70%
	Progressive Conservative	Farouk Adatia	6,864	42.13%	-15.99%
	Liberal	John Roggeveen	1,126	6.91%	-17.61%
	New Democratic	Ashley Fairall	599	3.68%	0.91%
	Alberta Party	Brandon Beasley	337	2.07%	–
Total			16,291	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			104	43	13
Eligible electors / turnout			30,185	54.36%	14.55%
	Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-15.26%
Source(s) Source: "24 - Calgary-Shaw, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

v t e 2015 Alberta general election: Calgary-Elbow
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alberta Party	Greg Clark	8,707	42.20%	15.32%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Edwin Dirks	6,254	30.31%	-2.91%
	New Democratic	Catherine Welburn	3,256	15.78%	12.06%
	Wildrose	Megan Brown	1,786	8.66%	-15.50%
	Liberal	John Roggeveen	565	2.74%	-9.28%
	Social Credit	Larry R. Heather	67	0.32%	–
Total			20,635	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			43	43	15
Eligible electors / turnout			34,681	59.67%	22.51%
	Alberta Party gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-8.81%
Source(s) Source: "09 - Calgary-Elbow, 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. pp. 121–124.

v t e 2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-Fish Creek
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	United Conservative	Richard Gotfried	15,975	61.52	-1.64	$64,738
	New Democratic	Rebecca Bounsall	7,476	28.79	-1.85	$46,721
	Alberta Party	Robert Tremblay	1,699	6.54	+2.16	$1,077
	Liberal	John Roggeveen	359	1.38	+0.11	$500
	Green	Taylor Stasila	231	0.89	–	$500
	Alberta Independence	Tomas Manasek	226	0.87	–	$937
Total			25,966	99.58	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			109	0.42
Turnout			26,075	72.11
Eligible voters			36,158
	United Conservative notional hold		Swing		+0.11
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta^[7]^[8]^[9] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

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John Roggeveen

Leader of the Liberal Party of Alberta
Incumbent
Assumed office March 6, 2021
Preceded by	David Khan

Personal details
Party	Liberal Party of Alberta (provincial)
Alma mater	University of Alberta

v t e 2023 Alberta general election: Calgary-Lougheed
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Conservative	Eric Bouchard	9,690	56.45	-9.25
	New Democratic	Venkat Ravulaparthi	6,924	40.33	+15.86
	Liberal	John Roggeveen	369	2.15	+0.91
	Solidarity Movement	Nathaniel Pawlowski	184	1.07	–
Total			17,167	99.18	–
Rejected and declined			142	0.82
Turnout			17,309	60.06
Eligible voters			28,818
	United Conservative hold		Swing		-12.55
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta^[10]