Rod Loyola
Rodrigo Alonso Loyola Salas (born February 28, 1974) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Edmonton-Ellerslie and re-elected on April 16, 2019.[1][2] Loyola had previously contested the same seat for the same party in the 2012 Alberta general election. He placed third in the 2014 Alberta NDP leadership race.[3]
Rod Loyola | |
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 Loyola in May 2015 | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Ellerslie | |
| Assumed office May 5, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Naresh Bhardwaj |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 28, 1974 Santiago, Chile |
| Political party | Alberta New Democratic Party |
| Residence(s) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Occupation | Union President, Labour Organizer |
Personal life
Loyola has a Bachelors of Arts from University of Alberta, where he worked as an academic program coordinator and student advisor for University of Alberta.[2] Loyola was elected President of the Non-Academic Staff Association.[2]
Loyola is on the board of Friends of Medicare. Loyola volunteered for the Knottwood Community League, the Post-Secondary Education Task Force for Public Interest Alberta.[2]
Electoral history
2019 general election
| 2019 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Ellerslie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Rod Loyola | 9,717 | 50.95% | -10.62% | ||||
| United Conservative | Sanjay Patel | 7,230 | 37.91% | 4.17% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Hazelyn Williams | 1,273 | 6.67% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Mike McGowan | 390 | 2.04% | -2.64% | ||||
| Alberta Advantage | Yash Sharma | 263 | 1.38% | – | ||||
| Alberta Independence | Brian S. Lockyer | 199 | 1.04% | – | ||||
| Total | 19,072 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 88 | 61 | 14 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 29,297 | 65.45% | 12.91% | |||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -14.36% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "31 - Edmonton-Ellerslie, 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. 120–123. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021. | ||||||||
2015 general election
| 2015 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Ellerslie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Rod Loyola | 11,034 | 61.57% | 45.57% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harman Kandola | 3,549 | 19.80% | -23.16% | ||||
| Wildrose | Jackie Lovely | 2,499 | 13.94% | -10.72% | ||||
| Liberal | Mike McGowan | 839 | 4.68% | -6.70% | ||||
| Total | 17,921 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 65 | 44 | 18 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 34,266 | 52.54% | 2.65% | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | 34.37% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "33 - Edmonton-Ellerslie, 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. | ||||||||
2012 general election
| 2012 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Ellerslie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Naresh Bhardwaj | 5,677 | 42.97% | 1.06% | ||||
| Wildrose Alliance | Jackie Lovely | 3,258 | 24.66% | 20.35% | ||||
| New Democratic | Rod Loyola | 2,114 | 16.00% | -1.30% | ||||
| Liberal | Jennifer Ketsa | 1,504 | 11.38% | -21.47% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Chinwe Okelu | 523 | 3.96% | – | ||||
| Independent | Athena Bernal-Born | 137 | 1.04% | – | ||||
| Total | 13,213 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 115 | 39 | 3 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 26,721 | 49.89% | 11.91% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 4.63% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "33 - Edmonton-Ellerslie, 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
- Klingbeil, ,Cailynn. "Riding results: Edmonton-Ellerslie". www.edmontonjournal.com.
- Loyola, Rod. "Elected Members". Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
- CBC News. "Rachel Notley is the new leader of the Alberta NDP". CBC.