Carl Benito

Carl Benito (born February 21, 1954) is a Filipino Canadian former politician from Alberta. Benito served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the electoral district of Edmonton-Mill Woods as a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus from 2008 to 2012.

Carl Benito
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Mill Woods
In office
March 3, 2008 – April 22, 2012
Preceded byWeslyn Mather
Succeeded bySohail Quadri
Personal details
Born (1954-02-21) February 21, 1954
Manila, Philippines
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Residence(s)Edmonton, Alberta

Controversies

Benito made a campaign promise that, if elected, he would donate his salary to charity. He later claimed that he didn't mean he'd give away his entire salary, just a part of it.[1][2]

Benito blamed his wife for a failure to pay property taxes on their rental properties.[3] Benito later paid the taxes—but only after his picture appeared on the Edmonton Journal's front page under the headline, "Backbencher hasn't paid property taxes on rental properties."[4][5]

In October, 2022, Benito, together with his son, Charles Benito, pleaded guilty to immigration fraud.[6]

Election results

2001 general election
2001 Alberta general election results[7] Turnout 54.39%
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
LiberalDon Massey4,92048.97%
Progressive ConservativeCarl Benito4,40243.81%
New DemocraticMel Buffalo7257.22%
2008 Alberta general election results (Edmonton-Mill Woods) Turnout 40.1%
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
  Progressive Conservative Carl Benito 4752 44%
  Liberal Weslyn Mather 3996 37%
  NDP Christina Gray 1474 14%
Wildrose AllianceRobert Leddy3203%
GreenDavid A. Hrushka2903%
2012 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Mill Woods
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeSohail Quadri4,94235.21%-8.66%
Wildrose AllianceJoanne Autio3,31223.60%20.64%
LiberalWeslyn Mather2,98821.29%-15.60%
New DemocraticSandra Azocar1,98514.14%0.54%
IndependentCarl Benito5453.88%–
Alberta PartyRobert Leddy2621.87%–
Total 14,034––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 111687
Eligible electors / turnout 25,92054.60%15.49%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 2.32%
Source(s)
Source: "41 - Edmonton-Mill Woods, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

References
  1. Benito, Carl (2008). "Thank you". Archived from the original on 2011-08-26. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
  2. Audette, Trish (August 8, 2010). "MLA insists he's keeping promise to donate salary. Never meant to imply he'd give away entire paycheque while in office". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on 2010-08-07. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
  3. "Wife forgot to pay taxes, MLA says". CBC News. November 2, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
  4. "Edmonton Journal".
  5. Thomson, Graham (November 4, 2010). "Benito has habit of blaming wrong people. MLA lets wife take heat for taxes he should have paid". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on 2010-11-08. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
  6. Johnston, Janice (October 5, 2022). "Former Edmonton MLA, son plead guilty to immigration fraud". CBC News. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  7. "2001 Statement of Official results Edmonton-Mill Woods" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
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