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John Roggeveen
Leader of Liberal Party of Alberta
Assumed office
March 6, 2021
Preceded byDavid Khan
Personal details
BornUnknown
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Political partyLiberal Party of Alberta (provincial)
ResidenceEdmonton, Alberta
Alma materUniversity of Alberta

John Roggeveen is a Canadian politician and lawyer who became the leader of the Alberta Liberals since March 6, 2021 interim[1] and December 8, 2022 permanently.[2][3][4]

Election results

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.
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.
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.
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[5][6][7]
Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Alberta Liberal Party appoints Calgary lawyer as interim leader". CBC News. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  2. ^ "Calgary-based lawyer named as leader of Alberta Liberal Party". Calgary Herald. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  3. ^ Staff, rdnewsNOW. "Alberta Liberal Party appoints John Roggeveen to leadershipost". CHAT News Today. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  4. ^ Opinko, David. "No one entered the Alberta Liberal Party leadership race". Lethbridge News Now. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  5. ^ "11 - Calgary-Fish Creek, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  6. ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 43–46. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  7. ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN 978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
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