Rakhi Pancholi
Rakhi Pancholi (born 1977/1978) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Edmonton-Whitemud. Born to Tanzanian and Indian parents,[2] she is a lawyer in Edmonton with a focus on education law.[3]
Rakhi Pancholi | |
|---|---|
| Critic, Children's Services | |
| Assumed office May 13, 2019 | |
| Leader | Rachel Notley |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Whitemud | |
| Assumed office April 16, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Turner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1977/1978 (age 45–46)[1] Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Alberta NDP |
| Residence(s) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Alma mater | University of Alberta University of Toronto |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Website | rakhipancholi.albertandp.ca |
Personal life
Pancholi was a practising lawyer in Edmonton with a focus on labour/employment and education law. She has experience working with the Alberta School Boards Association and was a senior legislative consultant for Alberta Education.[4] Pancholi has two young children with her husband Owen, and have two rescue dogs as they are both advocates for animal rescue and adoption.[4]
Electoral history
2019 general election
| 2019 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Whitemud | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Rakhi Pancholi | 11,373 | 49.18% | -8.27% | ||||
| United Conservative | Elisabeth Hughes | 9,120 | 39.44% | 0.86% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Jonathan Dai | 2,335 | 10.10% | – | ||||
| Freedom Conservative | Jason Norris | 297 | 1.28% | – | ||||
| Total | 23,125 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 63 | 76 | 18 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 32,810 | 70.73% | 10.33% | |||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -7.75% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "46 - Edmonton-Whitemud, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. 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. 180–183. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021. | ||||||||
References
- "Alberta Election 2019: Four public office rookies vie for open seat in Edmonton-Whitemud".
- "Rakhi Pancholi | Alberta Democrats | Ladies Corner with Tee – Jacana Books". Archived from the original on 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
- "Top down or grassroots? NDP, UCP take differing approaches to gender balance | CBC News".
- Pancholi, Rakhi. "Elected Members". Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
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